Particulate organic carbon fluxes estimated from 234Th deficiency in winters and springs in the northwestern North Pacific

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 581-592

  Kawakami, Hajime ^a   Yang, Young Liang ^a,b   Honda, Makio C ^a   Kusakabe, Masashi ^a,c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

234Th; Export production; Northwestern North Pacific; POC; PON

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TRACER;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); WORLD;

EID: 12344295468     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.38.581     Document Type: Article

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