Deposition rates, mixing intensity and organic content in two contrasting submarine canyons

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 192-215

  Garcia R ^a   van Oevelen, D ^b   Soetaert, K ^b   Thomsen, L ^a   De Stigter, H C ^c   Epping, E ^c  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

210Pb; chl a; Deposition; Mixing intensity; Organic contents; Reactive transport model; Submarine canyons

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DEPOSITION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEDIMENTS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CONTENTS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODEL; SUBMARINE CANYONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL A; DEEP SEA; DEPOSITION; HYDROGRAPHY; MIXING; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUBMARINE CANYON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAP DE CREUS; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; GULF OF LION; IBERIAN MARGIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NAZARE CANYON; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 39549118146     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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