An assessment of a time-of-transition laser sizer in measuring suspended particles in the ocean

Marine Geology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 95-112

  Tsai, Cheng Han ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; LASER SIZES; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 0030250132     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00036-9     Document Type: Article

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