Trapping efficiency of bottom-tethered sediment traps estimated from the intercepted fluxes of 230Th and 230Pa

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 865-889

  Yu, E F ^a   Francois, R ^b   Bacon, M P ^b   Honjo, S ^b   Fleer, A P ^b   Manganini, S J ^b   Rutgers Van Der Loeff, M M ^c   Ittekot, V ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcite dissolution; Particulate flux; Protactinium; Radioisotopes; Thorium

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PROTACTINIUM; SEDIMENT TRAP; THORIUM ISOTOPE;

EID: 0035138925     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(00)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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