The BENGAL programme: Introduction and overview

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 13-25

  Billett, D S M ^a   Rice, A L ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; SEDIMENTS;

WATER COLUMN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABYSSAL PLAIN; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; RESEARCH PROGRAM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034759530     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(01)00046-5     Document Type: Review

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