The role of the particle size spectrum in estimating POC fluxes from 234Th / 238U disequilibrium

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 897-918

  Burd, Adrian B ^a   Jackson, George A ^b   Moran, S B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Particle flux; POC; Thorium

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIOISOTOPES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THORIUM;

BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE FLUX; POC;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON FLUX; ESTIMATION METHOD; FECAL PELLET; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TRACER; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 34249017586     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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