Water column sediment fluxes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: Atmospheric and sea ice forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C13, 1998, Pages 30741-30759

  Dunbar, Robert B ^a   Leventer, Amy R ^b   Mucciarone, David A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; FRAGILARIOPSIS CURTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PHAEOCYSTIS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER COLUMN;

ROSS SEA;

EID: 0032534945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900001     Document Type: Article

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