Biogenic silica in the Bay of Bengal during the southwest monsoon

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 493-500

  Gupta, Garuda V M ^a   Sarma, Vongala V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BIOGENIC SILICA; LITHOGENIC SILICA; MONSOON; MONSOONS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SILICA; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0030803929     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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