Phosphate oxygen isotopes: Insights into sedimentary phosphorus cycling from the Benguela upwelling system

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3741-3756

  Goldhammer, Tobias ^a   Brunner, Benjamin ^a,b   Bernasconi, Stefano M ^c   Ferdelman, Timothy G ^a,b   Zabel, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALIZATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHOSPHATE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

ANGOLA; BENGUELA;

EID: 79957833403     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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