A review of nitrogen isotopic alteration in marine sediments

Paleoceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Robinson, Rebecca S ^a   Kienast, Markus ^b   Luiza Albuquerque, Ana ^c   Altabet, Mark ^d   Contreras, Sergio ^e   De Pol Holz, Ricardo ^f   Dubois, Nathalie ^g   Francois, Roger ^h   Galbraith, Eric ⁱ   Hsu, Ting Chang ^j   Ivanochko, Tara ^h   Jaccard, Samuel ^k   Kao, Shuh Ji ^j   Kiefer, Thorsten ^l   Kienast, Stephanie ^b   Lehmann, Moritz ^m   Martinez, Philippe ⁿ   McCarthy, Matthew ^o   Möbius, Jürgen ^p   Pedersen, Tom ^q   Quan, Tracy M ^r   Ryabenko, Evgeniya ^s   Schmittner, Andreas ^t   Schneider, Ralph ^u   Schneider Mor, Aya ^v   Shigemitsu, Masahito ^w   Sinclair, Dan ^x   Somes, Christopher ^s   Studer, Anja ^y   Thunell, Robert ^z   Yang, Jin Yu ^aa   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

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^m UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^r OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^t OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^v STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^x RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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^z UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84868020716     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012PA002321     Document Type: Review

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