Sedimentary phosphorus and iron cycling in and below the oxygen minimum zone of the northern Arabian Sea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2603-2624

  Kraal, P ^a,d   Slomp, C P ^a   Reed, D C ^a   Reichart, G J ^a,b   Poulton, S W ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENESIS; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; IRON; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POREWATER; PYRITE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CORE; TRANSECT;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84864037043     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-2603-2012     Document Type: Article

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