Organic carbon burial rates across the Arctic Ocean from the 1994 Arctic Ocean Section expedition

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1705-1723

  Cranston, Ray E ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BURIAL RATE; ORGANIC CARBON;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031429786     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(97)00065-9     Document Type: Article

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