Calcium isotopes as tracers of biogeochemical processes

Handbook of Environmental Isotope Geochemistry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-124

  Nielsen, Laura C ^a,b   Druhan, Jennifer L ^a,b   Yang, Wenbo ^a,b   Brown, Shaun T ^b   DePaolo, Donald J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMINERALIZATION; BUDGET CONTROL; CALCIUM;

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROSCOPIC PROCESS; OCEANIC ENVIRONMENTS;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 85027015936     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10637-8_7     Document Type: Chapter

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