An assessment of the relative importance of horizontal and vertical transport of particle-reactive chemicals in the coastal ocean

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 805-829

  Gustafsson, Örjan ^a,b,d   Buesseler, Ken O ^b   Geyer, W Rockwell ^b   Moran, S Bradley ^c   Gschwend, Philip M ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; SCAVENGING; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 0344541111     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(98)00015-6     Document Type: Article

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