Nitrogen isotopic composition of planktonic foraminifera from the modern ocean and recent sediments

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1011-1024

  Ren, Haojia ^a   Sigman, Daniel M ^a   Thunell, Robert C ^b   Prokopenko, Maria G ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; GLOBIGERINOIDES SACCULIFER; ORBULINA UNIVERSA;

EID: 84859133025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.4.1011     Document Type: Article

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