Transport of airborne lithogenic material down through the water column in two contrasting regions of the eastern subtropical north atlantic ocean

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 297-315

  Bory, Aloys J M ^a,c   Newton, Philip P ^b,c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEDIMENT TRAP;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033766261     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(ISSN)1944-9224     Document Type: Article

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