Source and composition of organic matter in the Bari canyon (Italy): Dense water cascading versus particulate export from the upper ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 813-831

  Tesi, T ^a,b   Langone, L ^a   Goni M A ^b   Turchetto, M ^c   Miserocchi, S ^a   Boldrin, A ^c  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bari canyon; CuO oxidation; Dense water cascading; Lateral advection; OC export; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; NITROGEN; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHENOLS; SEDIMENT TRAPS;

BARI CANYON; CUO OXIDATION; DENSE WATER CASCADING; LATERAL ADVECTION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DENSE WATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENT TRAP; WATER COLUMN;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 44749086418     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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