Silicon pool dynamics and biogenic silica export in the Southern Ocean inferred from Si-isotopes

Ocean Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 533-547

  Fripiat, F ^a,b   Cavagna, A J ^c   Dehairs, F ^c   Speich, S ^d   Andre L ^a   Cardinal, D ^a,e  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d Centre Bretagne   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DEEP WATER; DISSOLUTION; EKMAN TRANSPORT; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERMEDIATE WATER; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIXED LAYER; MIXING; SILICA; SILICIC ACID; SILICON; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURFACE WATER; THERMOCLINE; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL MIXING; WARMING; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 80052465222     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-7-533-2011     Document Type: Article

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