Warm ocean processes and carbon cycling in the eocene

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 2001, 2013, Pages

  John, Eleanor H ^a   Pearson, Paul N ^a   Coxall, Helen K ^b   Birch, Heather ^a   S wade, Bridget ^c   Foster, Gavin L ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological pump; Carbon cycling temperature; Eocene; Planktonic foraminifera; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMINERALIZATION; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS;

BIOLOGICAL PUMPS; CARBON CYCLING; EOCENE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; STABLE ISOTOPES;

CARBON;

EID: 84884900307     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0099     Document Type: Article

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