Iron in the Japan Sea and its implications for the physical processes in deep water

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Takata, Hyoe ^a,b   Kuma, Kenshi ^a   Isoda, Yutaka ^a   Otosaka, Shigeyoshi ^c   Senjyu, Tomoharu ^d   Minagawa, Masayuki ^e  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; NUTRIENTS; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATERS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BOTTOM WATER; DEEP WATER; WATER COLUMN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEEP WATER; IRON; NUTRIENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SURFACE WATER; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; YAMATO BASIN;

EID: 40849096132     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031794     Document Type: Article

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