Isotopic model of oceanic silicon cycling: The Kerguelen Plateau case study

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 70, Issue , 2012, Pages 42-59

  de Brauwere, Anouk ^a,b   Fripiat, François ^c,d   Cardinal, Damien ^d,e   Cavagna, Anne Julie ^b   De Ridder, Fjo ^f   André, Luc ^d   Elskens, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^f FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Advection; Box model; Dissolution; Keops; Kerguelen; Mixing; Si isotopes; Uptake

Indexed keywords

BOX MODELS; KEOPS; KERGUELEN; SI ISOTOPES; UPTAKE;

ADVECTION; DISSOLUTION; MIXING; SILICON;

ISOTOPES;

ADVECTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; GROWING SEASON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEASONALITY; SILICON; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU;

EID: 84867648779     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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