Silicic acid leakage from the Southern Ocean: Opposing effects of nutrient uptake and oceanic circulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Crosta, X ^a   Beucher, C ^b   Pahnke, K ^c   Brzezinski, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; INORGANIC ACIDS; SILICA; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BIOGENIC DEPOSITION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SILICIC ACID;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ACID DEPOSITION; INTERMEDIATE WATER; LEAKAGE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OPAL; SILICIC ACID;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 34548603585     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL029083     Document Type: Article

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