Variations in the mass-specific absorption coefficient of mineral particles suspended in water

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 756-767

  Babin, Marcel ^a,b   Stramski, Dariusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; MINERAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 2942532580     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.3.0756     Document Type: Article

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