Biogenic barium in suspended and trapped material as a tracer of export production in the tropical NE Atlantic (EUMELI sites)

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 125-142

  Jeandel, C ^a   Tachikawa, K ^a   Bory, A ^b   Dehairs, F ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

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

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biogenic barium; Export production; Flux; Oceanography; Proxy; Tropical Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; PARTICULATE FLUX; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; TRACER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033911291     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(00)00045-1     Document Type: Article

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