Deep sea circulation of particulate organic carbon in the Japan Sea

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 911-923

  Otosaka, Shigeyoshi ^a   Tanaka, Takayuki ^a   Togawa, Orihiko ^a   Amano, Hikaru ^a   Karasev, Eugeny V ^b   Minakawa, Masayuki ^c   Noriki, Shinichiro ^d  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Far Eastern Regional Hydrometeorological Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS); Carbon cycle; Japan Sea; Lateral transport; Organic carbon; Radiocarbon; Sediment trap; Vertical transport

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CARBON CYCLE; DEEP SEA; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SPATIAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 56049119649     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-008-0075-4     Document Type: Article

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