Benthic Ba fluxes in the central equatorial pacific, implications for the oceanic Ba cycle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 439-450

  Paytan, Adina ^a   Kastner, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barium; Equatorial Pacific; Geochemical cycle; Geochemical profiles; Mass balance

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BENTHIC FLUXES; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; MASS BALANCE; SEA FLOOR SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SEDIMENT/WATER INTERFACE;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0030428252     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00120-3     Document Type: Article

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