Seasonal impact of mineral dust on deep-ocean particle flux in the eastern subtropical Atlantic Ocean

Marine Geology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 241-252

  Ratmeyer, V ^a   Balzer, W ^a   Bergametti, G ^b   Chiapello, I ^b   Fischer, G ^a   Wyputta, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Atmospheric dust; Cape Verde; Grain size; Particle flux

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DEEP SEA; DUST; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEASONALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032796840     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00197-2     Document Type: Article

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