Trace metals fluxes to the ocean: The importance of high-standing oceanic islands

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 14-1

  Carey, Anne E ^a   Nezat, Carmen A ^b   Lyons, W Berry ^b   Kao, Shuh Ji ^c   Hicks, D Murray ^d   Owen, Jeffrey S ^e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; BUDGET CONTROL; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS;

TRACE METALS FLUXES;

GEOPHYSICS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; ISLAND; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE METAL;

GLOBAL BUDGET; MEAN VALUES; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ISLANDS; RIVER CHANNELS; RIVER SEDIMENTS; TRACE METAL ANALYSIS; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST;

EID: 0036951148     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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