The silicon isotopic composition of surface waters in the Atlantic and Indian sectors of the Southern Ocean

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 5283-5295

  De La Rocha, Christina L ^a   Bescont, Pierre ^a   Croguennoc, Alice ^a   Ponzevera, Emmanuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SILICA; SILICON; SURFACE WATER;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DRAKE PASSAGE; INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 80051475644     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.06.028     Document Type: Article

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