Balancing supply and demand: Controls on carbon isotope fractionation in the Cariaco Basin (Venezuela) Younger Dryas to present

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 92, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 275-293

  Werne, Josef P ^a   Hollander, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope fractionation; Cariaco Basin; Demand; Supply

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 9644266642     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2004.06.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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