Productivity control of fine particle transport to equatorial Pacific sediment

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 945-955

  Thomas, E ^a   Turekian, K K ^a   Wei, K Y ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033761190     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GB001102     Document Type: Article

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