Distribution and mineralogy of carbonate sediments on Antarctic shelves

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-87

  Hauck, Judith ^a   Gerdes, Dieter ^a   Hillenbrand, Claus Dieter ^b   Hoppema, Mario ^a   Kuhn, Gerhard ^a   Nehrke, Gernot ^a   Völker, Christoph ^a   Wolf Gladrow, Dieter A ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Feedback; Macrozoobenthos; Ocean acidification; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC SHELF; ANTARCTICA; CARBON CYCLES; CARBONATE SEDIMENTS; CORE-TOP SAMPLES; DATA GAP; DEPTH RANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; INDIAN OCEAN; MACROZOOBENTHOS; MARINE CARBON CYCLE; MINERAL PHASE; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ROSS SEA; SHALLOW WATERS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; UNDERSATURATION; WATER DEPTH; WEDDELL SEA; WESTERN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA;

ACIDIFICATION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BUDGET CONTROL; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; FEEDBACK; MAGNESIUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ACIDIFICATION; CALCITE; CARBON CYCLE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISSOLUTION; FUTURE PROSPECT; MINERALOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SAMPLING; WATER DEPTH; ZOOBENTHOS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 80054773473     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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