Seasonal variation in the distribution of suspended particulate matter in the northwest Aegean Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Karageorgis, Aristomenis P ^a   Anagnostou, Christos L ^a  

^a National Centre for Marine Research   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Nepheloid layers; Particulate matter; Resuspension; Transmissometer

Indexed keywords

NEPHELOID LAYER; RESUSPENSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0344983817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001672     Document Type: Article

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