Radiocarbon and stable carbon isotopic insights into provenance and cycling of carbon in Lake Superior

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 867-886

  Zigah, Prosper K ^a   Minor, Elizabeth C ^a   Werne, Josef P ^a,b   McCallisterd, S Leigh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEEP WATER; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; RADIOCARBON DATING; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 79956347139     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.3.0867     Document Type: Article

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