Rapid emplacement of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province as a net sink for CO 2

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 323-324, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-39

  Schaller, Morgan F ^a   Wright, James D ^a   Kent, Dennis V ^a,b   Olsen, Paul E ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric carbon dioxide; CO 2 chemical weathering; Large Igneous Province; Triassic Jurassic

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; CARBON SYSTEMS; CENTRAL ATLANTIC MAGMATIC PROVINCES; CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT; EARLY JURASSIC; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATES; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; LAVA FLOWS; PEDOGENIC CARBONATES; RIFT BASIN; SILICATE WEATHERING; TRIASSIC-JURASSIC;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELS; GEOCHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); JURASSIC; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; PEDOGENESIS; PERTURBATION; TRIASSIC; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM; WEATHERING;

EID: 84856992907     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.12.028     Document Type: Article

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