Resuspension and particle transport in the benthic nepheloid layer in and near Fram Strait in relation to faunal abundances and 234Th depletion

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1941-1958

  Rutgers Van Der Loeff, M M ^a,c   Meyer, R ^a   Rudels, B ^a,b   Rachor, E ^a  

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

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nepheloid layer; Resuspension; Scavenging; Sediment water exchange; Thorium isotopes; Zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DEPOSITION; FILTRATION; PIGMENTS; SEDIMENTS;

DEPLETION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CURRENT; FILTER FEEDER; NEPHELOID LAYER; PARTICLE MOTION; RESUSPENSION; THORIUM; ZOOBENTHOS;

FRAM STRAIT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036873464     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(02)00113-9     Document Type: Article

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