Impact of oceanic floods on particulate metal inputs to coastal and deep-sea environments: A case study in the NW Mediterranean Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-26

  Roussiez, Vincent ^a   Heussner, Serge ^a   Ludwig, Wolfgang ^a   Radakovitch, Olivier ^b,c   Durrieu de Madron, Xavier ^a   Guieu, Cécile ^d   Probst, Jean Luc ^e,f   Monaco, André ^a   Delsaut, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CEREGE   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic export; Continental shelf; Deep sea; Gulf of Lion; Oceanic flood; Particulate metal budget; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODING; METAL; OPEN OCEAN; RESUSPENSION; RETENTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84864980477     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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