Antarctic weathering and carbonate compensation at the Eocene-Oligocene transition

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-124

  Basak, Chandranath ^a   Martin, Ellen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BASEMENT ROCK; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; ICE COVER; ICE SHEET; LEAD ISOTOPE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEAWATER;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84873305721     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1707     Document Type: Article

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