Near-bottom particle flux in the abyssal northeast Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 9-11, 2000, Pages 2051-2071

  Lampitt, R S ^a   Newton, P P ^b   Jickells, T D ^b   Thomson, J ^a   King, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAIN; DEPOSITION; NEPHELOID LAYER; PARTICULATE FLUX; RESUSPENSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORCUPINE ABYSSAL PLAIN;

EID: 0033932426     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00016-3     Document Type: Article

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