210Pb and 210Po: Tracers of particle transfer on the Rhone continental margin (NW Mediterranean)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1539-1563

  Radakovitch, O ^a,c   Cherry, R D ^b   Heussner, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEDIMENT TRAP;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033198305     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00016-3     Document Type: Article

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