Particulate flux and 210Pb determined on the sediment trap and core samples from the northern South China Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 673-691

  Chung, Y ^a   Chang, H C ^a   Hung, G W ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

210Pb activity and flux; Box core; Northern South China Sea; Particulate mass flux; Sediment trap

Indexed keywords

LEAD ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRAP;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 1842588433     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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