Sulphur hexafluoride as a tracer of biogeochemical and physical processes in an open-ocean iron fertilisation experiment

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 977-994

  Law, C S ^a   Watson, A J ^a,c   Liddicoat, M I ^a   Stanton, T ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD METHOD; FLUORIDE; SULFUR; TRACER; WATER MASS;

EID: 0032100311     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00022-8     Document Type: Article

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