234Th as a tracer of scavenging and particle export in the Beaufort Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-167

  Moran, S B ^a   Smith, J N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beaufort Sea; Particles; Scavenging; Thorium

Indexed keywords

PARTICULATE FLUX; SCAVENGING; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TRACER;

BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 0343920811     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(99)00065-5     Document Type: Article

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