In site settling speeds of marine snow aggregates below the mixed layer: Black Sea and Gulf of Mexico

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-398

  Diercks, Arne R ^a   Asper, Vernon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; IN SITU SPEEDS; MARINE SNOW; SETTLING RATE;

BLACK SEA; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0030948507     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00104-5     Document Type: Article

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