The role of eddies on particle flux in the Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-20

  O'Brien, Mary C ^a   Melling, Humfrey ^a   Pedersen, Thomas F ^b   Macdonald, Robie W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b School of Earth and Ocean Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Canada Basin; Eddies; Particle flux; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BAROCLINIC EDDY; BIOGENIC SILICA; CANADA BASIN; CHLOROPHYLL A; DEPOSITED MATERIALS; DRY WEIGHT; EDDIES; INTERANNUAL; LATERAL TRANSPORT; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; MOLAR RATIO; PARTICLE COMPOSITION; PARTICLE FLUXES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER PLUME; SEDIMENT FLUX; WORLD OCEAN;

CHLOROPHYLL; MOORING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA;

ICE;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MOORING SYSTEM; OCEAN BASIN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER PLUME; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CANADA BASIN; MACKENZIE RIVER [NORTHWEST TERRITORIES]; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 84869232479     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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