Silica diagenesis and benthic fluxes in the Arctic Ocean

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 171, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Marz C ^a,b   Meinhardt, A K ^b   Schnetger, B ^b   Brumsack, H J ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Benthic flux; Diagenesis; Silica

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAGENESIS; POREWATER; REACTION KINETICS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SILICA; SILICIC ACID;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84923018418     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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