Impact of dense shelf water cascading on the transfer of organic matter to the deep western Mediterranean basin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Sanchez Vidal, Anna ^a   Pasqual, C ^b   Kerherve P ^a   Calafat, A ^b   Heussner, S ^a   Palanques, A ^c   Durrieu de Madron, X ^a   Canals, M ^b   Puig, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); GEOCHEMISTRY; OCEAN CURRENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

GEOCHEMICAL GRADIENT; SHELF WATER;

SEAWATER;

GRAIN SIZE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF SEA;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 43549102218     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032825     Document Type: Article

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