Time-series measurements of 234Th in water column and sediment trap samples from the northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 1487-1501

  Cochran, J Kirk ^a   Miquel, Juan Carlos ^b   Armstrong, Robert ^a   Fowler, Scott W ^b   Masqué, Pere ^c   Gasser, Beat ^b   Hirschberg, David ^a   Szlosek, Jennifer ^a   Rodriguez y Baena, Alessia M ^b   Verdeny, Elisabet ^c   Stewart, Gillian M ^a,d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Non steady state; Northwest Mediterranean; Particle fluxes; Sediment traps; Thorium 234

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SITES; CURRENT VELOCITY; DEEPWATER; DIFFERENT PROCESS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MESOTROPHIC; NON-STEADY STATE; NORTHWEST MEDITERRANEAN; NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PARTICLE FLUXES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SETTLING FLUXES; SPRING BLOOMS; TEMPORAL CHANGE; THORIUM-234; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TRAPPING EFFICIENCIES; UPPER WATER COLUMN; WATER COLUMNS; WATER DEPTH; WATER-COLUMN SAMPLING;

DISSOLUTION; OCEAN CURRENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT TRAPS; THORIUM;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

PARTICULATE FLUX; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT TRAP; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TIME SERIES; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 67650129324     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.034     Document Type: Article

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