Compound specific amino acid δ15N in marine sediments: A new approach for studies of the marine nitrogen cycle

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 142, Issue , 2014, Pages 553-569

  Batista, Fabian C ^a   Ravelo, A Christina ^a   Crusius, John ^b   Casso, Michael A ^c   McCarthy, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANTA BARBARA BASIN;

EID: 84908076925     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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