Silica burial enhanced by iron limitation in oceanic upwelling margins

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 541-546

  Pichevin, L E ^a   Ganeshram, R S ^a   Geibert, W ^a   Thunell, R ^b   Hinton, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; IRON; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OPAL; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRAP; SILICA; SILICON; UPWELLING;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84903531710     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2181     Document Type: Article

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