• DocumentCode
    2827283
  • Title

    Stable Isotopes As Tracers In Ocean Sciences

  • Author

    Parker, P.L. ; Anderson, R.K. ; Winters, J.K. ; Scalan, R.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Marine Science Institute, University of Texas, Port Aransas, TX, USA
  • fYear
    1983
  • fDate
    Aug. 29 1983-Sept. 1 1983
  • Firstpage
    6
  • Lastpage
    7
  • Abstract
    By making use of differences in stable carbon isotope ratios, which have resulted from chemical isotope effects, for carbon reservoirs large scale tracer experiments have been observed. These natural experiments have been used to quantify ocean pollution, sediment sources and duck food-webs.
  • Keywords
    Animals; Carbon dioxide; Chemistry; Isotopes; Large-scale systems; Petrochemicals; Pollution measurement; Turning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OCEANS '83, Proceedings
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1152045
  • Filename
    1152045