Distinct year-to-year particle flux variations off Cape Blanc during 1988-1991: Relation to δ18O-deduced sea-surface temperatures and trade winds

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-98

  Fischer, G ^a   Donner, B ^a   Ratmeyer, V ^a   Davenport, R ^a   Wefer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; COASTAL UPWELLING; PARTICLE FLUX; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SST; TRADE WINDS; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC; ATLANTIC, (EASTERN);

FLUXES; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; OCEANS; PARTICLES; SURFACE; TRADE; WINDS;

EID: 0029656644     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240963213484     Document Type: Article

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