Diatom silicon isotopes as a proxy for silicic acid utilisation: A Southern Ocean core top calibration

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 96, Issue , 2012, Pages 174-192

  Egan, Katherine E ^a   Rickaby, Rosalind E M ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^b,c   Hendry, Katharine R ^d,e   Hermoso, Michaël ^a   Sloane, Hilary J ^b,c   Bostock, Helen ^f   Halliday, Alex N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; FILTRATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICA; SILICIC ACID; SILICON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84866712645     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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