Environmental factors controlling particulate mass fluxes on the Mallorca continental slope (Western Mediterranean Sea)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-69

  Pasqual, Catalina ^a   Amores, Angel ^b   Flexas, M Mar ^b   Monserrat, Sebastià ^a,b   Calafat, Antoni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic sea; Mesoscale features; Particulate flux; Sediment traps; Western mediterranean

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENT TRAPS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

BALEARIC SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MESOSCALE FEATURES; NEAR-BOTTOM SEDIMENT TRAP; PARTICULATE FLUXES; SEDIMENT RE SUSPENSIONS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

SEDIMENTS;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MASS TRANSFER; RESUSPENSION; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRAP;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SPAIN;

CABRERA;

EID: 84906781830     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

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