The stable carbon isotopic composition of organic material in platform derived sediments: Implications for reconstructing the global carbon cycle

Sedimentology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 319-335

  Oehlert, Amanda M ^a   Lamb Wozniak, Kathryn A ^b   Devlin, Quinn B ^a   Mackenzie, Greta J ^a   Reijmer, John J G ^c   Swart, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Carbon isotopes; Carbonate platforms; Organic matter; PCO 2

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLES; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON PRODUCTION; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; CARBONATE SEDIMENTS; CO-VARIANCE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; GLOBAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIXING MODELS; MULTIPLE SOURCE; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PCO 2; PELAGIC CARBONATES; PELAGIC SEDIMENTS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SHALLOW MARINE; STABLE CARBON; TWO-POINT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CARBONATES; CARBONATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DECAY (ORGANIC); ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREAT BAHAMA BANK;

EID: 84155167313     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01273.x     Document Type: Article

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