The biogeochemistry of major elements of the suspended particulate matter of the Cretan Sea

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 677-699

  Price, N B ^a   Lindsay, F S ^a   Pates, J M ^a,b  

^a Grant Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ELEMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

CRETAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033494520     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(99)00043-9     Document Type: Review

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