The potential use of silicon isotope composition of biogenic silica as a proxy for environmental change

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Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 65-77

  Leng, Melanie J ^a,b   Swann, George E A ^a   Hodson, Martin J ^c   Tyler, Jonathan J ^d   Patwardhan, Siddharth V ^e   Sloane, Hilary J ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogenic silica; Environmental change; Si isotope ratios

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIOGENIC MATERIALS; BIOGENIC SILICA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; IN-PLANTS; ISOTOPE RATIO; OCEAN SEDIMENTS; SILICON ISOTOPES;

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILICA; SILICON; SOILS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 76449108323     PISSN: 1876990X     EISSN: 18769918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12633-009-9014-2     Document Type: Article

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