Particulate matter distribution and 234Th/238U disequilibrium along the Northern Iberian Margin: Implications for particulate organic carbon export

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 557-582

  Hall, I R ^a   Schmidt, S ^b   McCave, I N ^a   Reyss, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SCATTERING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IBERIAN MARGIN;

EID: 0343851576     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00065-5     Document Type: Article

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