Accumulation of mineral ballast on organic aggregates

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Passow, Uta ^a   De La Rocha, Christina L ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CLAY; ORGANIC MINERALS; POROSITY; SEDIMENTATION;

AGGREGATE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 33646557703     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GB002579     Document Type: Article

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