Temporal variability in dissolved organic carbon and radiocarbon in the eastern North Pacific Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C2, 1998, Pages 2867-2881

  Bauer, James E ^a   Druffel, Ellen R M ^b   Williams, Peter M ^c   Wolgast, David M ^c   Griffin, Sheila ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOCARBON;

(NORTH); PACIFIC;

EID: 0032519256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc02545     Document Type: Article

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