A comparison of the quantity and composition of material caught in a neutrally buoyant versus surface-tethered sediment trap

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 277-294

  Buesseler, Ken O ^a   Steinberg, Deborah K ^b   Michaels, Anthony F ^c   Johnson, Rodney J ^b   Andrews, John E ^a   Valdes, James R ^a   Price, James F ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bermuda; Sediment trap; Thorium 234

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; SEDIMENT TRAP;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033970786     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00056-4     Document Type: Article

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