Does 234Th/238U disequilibrium provide an accurate record of the export flux of particulate organic carbon from the upper ocean?

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1018-1029

  Moran, S B ^a   Weinstein, S E ^a   Edmonds, H N ^b   Smith, J N ^c   Kelly, R P ^a   Pilson, M E Q ^a   Harrison, W G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; CARBON CYCLE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT TRAP; THORIUM ISOTOPE; UPPER OCEAN;

EID: 0037516660     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.3.1018     Document Type: Article

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