Particulate barium fluxes and export production in the northwestern Mediterranean

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 281-295

  Sternberg, Erika ^a   Jeandel, Catherine ^b   Miquel, Juan Carlos ^c   Gasser, Beat ^c   Souhaut, Marc ^b   Arraes Mescoff, Roseanna ^b   Francois, Roger ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LEGOS   (France)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barite; Barium; Export production; Sediment traps; Tracers

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBON FLUX; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT TRAP; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 34249894494     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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