A sediment trap experiment in the Vema Channel to evaluate the effect of horizontal particle fluxes on measured vertical fluxes

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 995-1028

  Gardner, Wilford D ^a   Biscaye, Pierre E ^b   Richardson, Mary Jo ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL EFFECTS; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENT TRAPS;

ATLANTIC, VEMA CHANNEL;

EID: 0031423266     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240973224139     Document Type: Article

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