Coupled nitrate nitrogen and oxygen isotopes and organic matter remineralization in the Southern and Pacific Oceans

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4781-4794

  Rafter, Patrick A ^a   Difiore, Peter J ^a   Sigman, Daniel M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic; isotopes; nitrate; nitrogen; oxygen; Pacific

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHARGE DENSITY WAVES; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN;

ANTARCTIC; NITRATE ASSIMILATION; NITRATE CONSUMPTION; NITRATE NITROGEN; PACIFIC; REMINERALIZATION; SUBANTARCTIC MODE WATER; SURFACE NITRATES;

NITRATES;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; REMINERALIZATION; THERMOCLINE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84890281505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20316     Document Type: Article

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