Continuous transects of cadmium, copper, and aluminium in surface waters of the Atlantic Ocean, 50°N to 50°S: Correspondence and contrast with nutrient-like behaviour

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-61

  Van Der Loeff, Michiel Rutgers ^a   Helmers, Eckard ^a   Kattner, Gerhard ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM; CADMIUM; COPPER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGRAPHY; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0030753098     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00333-X     Document Type: Article

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