Vertical export flux of metals in the Mediterranean Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-23

  Heimbürger, Lars Eric ^a,b,c   Migon, Christophe ^a,b   Losno, Rémi ^d   Miquel, Juan Carlos ^e   Thibodeau, Benoît ^a,b,f   Stabholz, Marion ^d   Dufour, Aurélie ^a,b   Leblond, Nathalie ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^f GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ballasting; Mediterranean Sea; Sediment trap; Trace metals; Vertical export flux

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; METALS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SEDIMENT TRAPS; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BALLASTING; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH-WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEAS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; TRACE METAL; VERTICAL EXPORTS;

COPPER;

ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHROMIUM; COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; IRON; LIGAND; MOORING SYSTEM; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SOLUBILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84895732602     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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