Temperature-dependent remineralization and carbon cycling in the warm Eocene oceans

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 413, Issue , 2014, Pages 158-166

  John, Eleanor H ^a   Wilson, Jamie D ^a   Pearson, Paul N ^a   Ridgwell, Andy ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle modeling; Eocene; Paleoclimate; Planktonic foraminifera; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EOCENE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PARTICULATE FLUX; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMINERALIZATION; RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER COLUMN;

TANZANIA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84908083067     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.05.019     Document Type: Article

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