Secular variation in carbon uptake into the ocean crust

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 302, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 385-392

  Gillis, K M ^a   Coogan, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcite; Carbon cycle; Hydrothermal circulation; Ocean crust; Seawater chemistry

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON UPTAKE; CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; CENOZOIC; CRUST FORMATIONS; DRILL CORE; FLUID TEMPERATURES; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURES; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; OCEAN CRUST; OCEANIC CRUST; OFF-AXIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SEAWATER CHEMISTRY; SEAWATER TEMPERATURE; SECULAR VARIATION; UPPER OCEAN;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CORE DRILLING; ESTIMATION; FLUIDS; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; REACTION RATES; SEAWATER; SILICATE MINERALS;

MINERALS;

CALCITE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OCEANIC CRUST; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEAWATER; SECULAR VARIATION; UPPER CRUST; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79251600291     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.030     Document Type: Article

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