Processes in the benthic boundary layer at the Iberian continental margin and their implication for carbon mineralization

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 315-329

  Thomsen, L ^a,d   VanWeering, T ^b   Gust, G ^c  

^a IUB   (Germany)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic boundary layer; Carbon remineralisation; Iberian Shelf; Particle dynamics; Resuspension aggregates

Indexed keywords

SINKING FLUXES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON; EROSION; FLUXES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RESUSPENSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036282218     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(02)00013-7     Document Type: Review

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