Exploring the connection between 210Po and organic matter in the northwestern Mediterranean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-427

  Stewart, Gillian ^a   Kirk Cochran, J ^a   Xue, Jianhong ^a   Lee, Cindy ^a   Wakeham, Stuart G ^b   Armstrong, Robert A ^a   Masqué, Pere ^c   Carlos Miquel, Juan ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d Marine Environment Laboratories   (Monaco)

Author keywords

DYFAMED; MEDFLUX; Mediterranean Sea; Particulate organic carbon; Polonium; Protein; Thorium; Vertical flux

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; POLONIUM; PROTEINS; RADIOISOTOPES;

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES; NATURAL RADIOISOTOPES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; VERTICAL FLUX;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DISEQUILIBRIUM; LEAD ISOTOPE; MINERAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE FLUX; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN; POLONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TRACE METAL; TRACER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 33847418895     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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