Using 234Th disequilibria to estimate the vertical removal rates of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the surface ocean

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 11-23

  Gustafsson, Örjan ^a,b   Gschwend, Philip M ^a   Buesseler, Ken O ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrophobic organic compounds; PAHs; soot; Thorium; vertical fluxes

Indexed keywords

PAH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; THORIUM; VERTICAL ADVECTION;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0030617779     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(97)00011-X     Document Type: Article

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