Alteration of ocean crust provides a strong temperature dependent feedback on the geological carbon cycle and is a primary driver of the Sr-isotopic composition of seawater

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 415, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-46

  Coogan, Laurence A ^a   Dosso, Stan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Long term carbon cycle; Off axis hydrothermal circulation; Seawater composition; Sr isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ALKALINITY; BASALT; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; EARTH (PLANET); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FEEDBACK; GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; ROCKS; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOSTATS; WATER LEVELS; WEATHERING;

APPARENT ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBON CYCLES; FLUID-ROCK INTERACTION; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; SEAWATER COMPOSITIONS; SR ISOTOPES; SR ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BOTTOM WATER; CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLUTION; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84922424508     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.027     Document Type: Article

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