Seasonal and annual variability in particle fluxes in the Gulf of California: A response to climate forcing

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2059-2083

  Thunell C, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CLIMATE FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032406184     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00053-3     Document Type: Article

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