The dynamics of the marine nitrogen cycle across the last deglaciation

Paleoceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 116-129

  Eugster, Olivier ^a   Gruber, Nicolas ^a   Deutsch, Curtis ^b   Jaccard, Samuel L ^c   Payne, Mark R ^a,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

deglaciation; denitrification; isotopes; model; nitrogen; nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; HOLOCENE; LAST DEGLACIATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCLIMATE; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 84876711213     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/palo.20020     Document Type: Article

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