Ecosystem CO 2 starvation and terrestrial silicate weathering: Mechanisms and global-scale quantification during the late Miocene

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-41

  Beerling, David J ^a   Taylor, Lyla L ^a   Bradshaw, Catherine D C ^b   Lunt, Daniel J ^b   Valdes, Paul J ^b   Banwart, Steven A ^a   Pagani, Mark ^c   Leake, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological weathering; Miocene; Modelling; Mycorrhiza; Plant climate interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CENOZOIC; DEPOSITION; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FINE ROOT; FUNGUS; GLOBAL CHANGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIOCENE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OROGENY; SEAFLOOR; SILICATE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STARVATION; SURFACE AREA; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 83455217769     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01905.x     Document Type: Article

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