Offshore influence of coastal upwelling off Mauritania, NW Africa, as recorded by diatoms in sediment traps at 2195 m water depth

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 985-1013

  Lange, Carina B ^a   Romero, Oscar E ^b   Wefer, Gerold ^b   Gabric, Albert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0031818954     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00103-9     Document Type: Article

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