Eco-environmental implications of elemental and carbon isotope distributions in ornithogenic sediments from the ross sea region, Antarctica

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-114

  Liu, Xiaodong ^a   Nie, Yaguang ^a   Sun, Liguang ^a   Emslie, Steven D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BEDROCK; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; FUTURE PROSPECT; GUANO; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; SEABIRD; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING PROFILE;

ANTARCTICA; BEAUFORT ISLAND; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS ISLAND; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84878464731     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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