Radiocarbon and stable-isotope geochemistry of organic and inorganic carbon in lake superior

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Zigah, Prosper K ^a,b   Minor, Elizabeth C ^a   Werne, Josef P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BLACK CARBON; CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; INORGANIC CARBON; LAKE SUPERIOR; NEARSHORES; NEGATIVE VALUES; ORGANIC CARBON CYCLE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; STABLE ISOTOPES; THERMAL REGIMES; TIGHTLY-COUPLED; TURNOVER TIME;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES;

LAKES;

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BLACK CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPILIMNION; HOMOGENEITY; INORGANIC CARBON; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESUSPENSION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIFICATION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR;

EID: 84858788515     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GB004132     Document Type: Article

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