Lithogenic particle fluxes and grain size distributions in the deep ocean off northwest Africa: Implications for seasonal changes of aeolian dust input and downward transport

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1289-1337

  Ratmeyer, Volker ^a   Fischer, Gerhard ^a   Wefer, Gerold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEASONALITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033181028     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00008-4     Document Type: Article

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