Thorium-234 as a tracer of spatial, temporal and vertical variability in particle flux in the North Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1143-1167

  Buesseler, K O ^a   Pike, S ^a   Maiti, K ^a   Lamborg, C H ^a   Siegel, D A ^b   Trull, T W ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

North Pacific; Particle flux; Scavenging; Sediment trap; Thorium 234

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY RATIOS; DATA SETS; DEEP CHLOROPHYLL MAXIMUMS; EUPHOTIC ZONE; EXPORT FLUX; GLOBAL OCEAN; HIGH VERTICAL RESOLUTION; IN-SITU; MESOTROPHIC; NORTH PACIFIC; PARTICLE FLUX; PARTICLE FLUXES; POC FLUX; REMINERALIZATION; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SIMPLE MODEL; SINKING PARTICLES; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STEADY-STATE MODELS; THORIUM-234; TIME AND SPACE; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS; WATER COLUMNS;

CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PORPHYRINS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THORIUM; WATER LEVELS;

SEDIMENT TRAPS;

ALGAL BLOOM; CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL; DATA SET; DIATOM; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FILTRATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE FLUX; RADIOACTIVITY; REMINERALIZATION; RESOLUTION; SAMPLING; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TRACER; URANIUM ISOTOPE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER COLUMN;

ALOHA STATION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 67349220756     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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