Bioturbation in shelf/slope sediments off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina: The use of 234TH, CHl-a, and Br- to evaluate rates of particle and solute transport

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 4627-4644

  Green, M A ^a,b   Aller, R C ^a   Cochran, J K ^a,b   Lee, C ^a   Aller, J Y ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Saint Joseph's College of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CHLOROPHYLL; IRRIGATION; SEDIMENTS;

BIOTURBATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOTURBATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SHELF SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036397936     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00132-7     Document Type: Article

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