Spreading of water masses and regeneration of silica and 226Ra in the Indian Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-110

  Kumar, M Dileep ^a   Li, Yuan Hui ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; RADIUM; RADIUM-226; REGENERATION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTATION; SILICA; WATER MASSES;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0029750398     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0645(95)00084-4     Document Type: Article

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