Biogeochemical responses to late-winter storms in the Sargasso Sea, III-Estimates of export production using 234Th:238U disequilibria and sediment traps

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 875-891

  Maiti, Kanchan ^a   Benitez Nelson, Claudia R ^a   Lomas, Michael W ^b   Krause, Jeffrey W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

234Th:238U disequilibria; Biogenic silica; Episodic events; North Atlantic; North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre; Organic carbon; Particle export; Sargasso Sea; Storms

Indexed keywords

234TH:238U DISEQUILIBRIA; BIOGENIC SILICA; EPISODIC EVENTS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC SUBTROPICAL GYRE; PARTICLE EXPORT; SARGASSO SEA;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; FIRE HAZARDS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; PASSIVE NETWORKS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SILICATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

STORMS;

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL A; EDDY; EPISODIC EVENT; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN; SEDIMENT TRAP; SILICA; STORM; SUBTROPICAL REGION; THORIUM; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 67349240424     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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