Episodic particle flux in the deep Sargasso Sea: An organic geochemical assessment

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1819-1841

  Conte, Maureen H ^a   Weber, J C ^a   Ralph, Nathan ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; EPISODIC EVENT; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PARTICULATE FLUX; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032213946     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00046-6     Document Type: Article

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