Manganese, iron, and sulphur cycling on the Pakistan margin

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 305-323

  Law, Gareth T W ^a   Shimmield, Tracy M ^a   Shimmield, Graham B ^a   Cowie, Gregory L ^b   Breuer, Eric R ^a   Martyn Harvey, S ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabian sea; Iron; Manganese; OMZ; Oxygen; Sulphate reduction

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN SEA; BENTHIC BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; FE OXIDE; OMZ; OVERLYING WATER; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PAKISTAN; POST-MONSOON; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SOUTHWEST MONSOON; SULPHATE REDUCTION; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; WATER COLUMNS;

MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); OCEANOGRAPHY; OXIDANTS; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BENTHOS; BOTTOM WATER; CATION; IRON; IRON OXIDE; MANGANESE; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXYGEN; REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SULFATE; SULFUR; WATER COLUMN;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 66749121742     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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