234Th-Based Carbon Export around Free-Drifting Icebergs in the Southern Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1384-1391

  Shaw, T J ^a   Smith, K L ^b   Hexel, C R ^a   Dudgeon, Rebekkah ^a   Sherman, Alana D ^b   Vernet, M ^c   Kaufmann, R S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric carbon drawdown; Carbon export efficiency; Carbon sequestration; Iron fertilization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON; ATMOSPHERIC CO; CARBON EXPORT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLOSE PROXIMITY; FAR-FIELD; IRON FERTILIZATION; LAGRANGIAN; NULL HYPOTHESIS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; STEADY-STATE MODELS; TURBULENT MIXING; UPPER WATER COLUMN; WATER COLUMNS; WEDDELL SEA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EFFICIENCY; SEA ICE; WATER LEVELS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AIR-ICE INTERACTION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CRUISE REPORT; ICE DRIFT; ICEBERG; IRON; ORGANIC CARBON; SAMPLING; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TURBULENT MIXING; UPWELLING; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 79955468239     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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