A role for scavenging in the marine biogeochemical cycling of zinc and zinc isotopes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 394, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-167

  John, Seth G ^a   Conway, Tim M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; GEOTRACES; Isotopes; NAZT; North Atlantic; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CADMIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; GEOTRACES; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; NAZT; NORTH ATLANTIC; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; STABLE ISOTOPE RATIOS;

ZINC;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOTOPIC RATIO; PHYTOPLANKTON; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); STABLE ISOTOPE; ZINC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84897439273     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.02.053     Document Type: Article

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