Widespread influence of resuspended sediments on oceanic particulate organic carbon: Insights from radiocarbon and aluminum contents in sinking particles

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Hwang, Jeomshik ^a,b   Druffel, Ellen R M ^c   Eglinton, Timothy I ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CONTENTS; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON EXPORT; DATA SETS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LATERAL TRANSPORT; LITHOGENIC MATERIAL; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POC FLUX; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RE-SUSPENSION; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; SINKING PARTICLES; STRONG CORRELATION;

ALUMINUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ALUMINUM; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESUSPENSION; SURFACE WATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 78649516350     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GB003802     Document Type: Article

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