Apparent enhancement of 234Th-based particle export associated with anticyclonic eddies

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 381, Issue , 2013, Pages 198-209

  Zhou, Kuanbo ^a   Dai, Minhan ^a   Kao, Shuh Ji ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Xiu, Peng ^b   Chai, Fei ^b   Tian, Jiwei ^c   Liu, Yang ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Anticyclonic eddy; Particle export; South China Sea; Submesoscale circulation; Thorium 234

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; NATURALLY-OCCURRING RADIONUCLIDES; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON FLUXES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; STEADY-STATE MODELING; THORIUM-234;

GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ADVECTION;

ANTICYCLONE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PARTICLE MOTION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; THORIUM ISOTOPE; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84884408860     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.07.039     Document Type: Article

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