The solubility pump of carbon in the subtropical gyre of the North Atlantic

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 605-630

  Follows, Michael J ^a   Williams, Richard G ^b   Marshall, John C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; GYRES; SOLUBILITY PUMP; SUBDUCTION;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030435974     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240963213682     Document Type: Article

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