234Th/238U disequilibrium and particulate organic carbon export in the northern South China Sea

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 417-428

  Chen, Weifang ^a   Cai, Pinghe ^a   Dai, Minhan ^a   Wei, Junfeng ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

234Th 238U disequilibrium; POC export; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISEQUILIBRIUM; EUPHOTIC ZONE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RADIONUCLIDE; SALINITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; THORIUM ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 42649144131     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-008-0035-z     Document Type: Article

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