Lateral fluxes of biogenic particles through the Mien-Hua canyon in the southern East China Sea Slope

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 935-955

  Hung, J J ^a   Lin, C S ^a   Chung, Y C ^a   Hung, G W ^a   Liu, W S ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biogenic fluxes; Continental slope; Lateral transport; Mien Hua Canyon; Sediment traps; Southern East China Sea

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; PARTICULATE FLUX; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

(SOUTH); EAST CHINA SEA;

EID: 0141569332     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(03)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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