Dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity fluxes from coastal marine sediments: Model estimates for different shelf environments and sensitivity to global change

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 371-398

  Krumins, V ^a,f   Gehlen, M ^b   Arndt, S ^c   Van Cappellen, P ^d   Regnier, P ^a,e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHIC FLUX; BIOTURBATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIFFUSION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL OCEAN; IRON; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE INORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEAWATER; SULFUR; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 84873819958     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-371-2013     Document Type: Article

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