Particle fluxes in a coastal upwelling zone: Sediment trap results from Santa Barbara Basin, California

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 8-9, 1998, Pages 1863-1884

  Thunell, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENT TRAP; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SANTA BARBARA BASIN;

EID: 0032143697     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)80020-9     Document Type: Article

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