Exploring interacting influences on the silicon isotopic composition of the surface ocean: A case study from the Kerguelen Plateau

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1371-1391

  Coffineau, N ^a   De La Rocha, C L ^a   Pondaven, P ^a  

^a Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SILICA; SILICON;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84897863267     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-1371-2014     Document Type: Article

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