Particle fluxes and tides near the continental ice edge on the eastern Weddell Sea shelf

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 8-10, 2006, Pages 866-874

  Isla, Enrique ^a   Gerdes, Dieter ^b   Palanques, Albert ^a   Gili, Josep Maria ^a   Arntz, Wolf ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Antarctica; Particle fluxes; Resuspension; Sediment traps; Tides

Indexed keywords

MOORING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SEDIMENT TRAPS; TIDES;

ANTARCTICA; PARTICLE FLUXES; RESUSPENSION; TOTAL MASS FLUX;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; OCEAN TIDE; PARTICULATE FLUX; RESUSPENSION; SEAFLOOR; SHELF SEDIMENT;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 33746921572     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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