Biogeochemical effects of atmospheric oxygen concentration, phosphorus weathering, and sea-level stand on oceanic redox chemistry: Implications for greenhouse climates

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 373, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-139

  Ozaki, Kazumi ^a   Tajika, Eiichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Atmospheric oxygen; Biogeochemical cycles; Continental shelf; Euxinia

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; EUXINIA;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTS; GREENHOUSES; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; PHOSPHORUS; REDOX REACTIONS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; OXYGENATION; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PHOSPHORUS; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

EID: 84879014435     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.029     Document Type: Article

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