230Th and 234Th as coupled tracers of particle cycling in the ocean: A maximum likelihood approach

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 111, Issue , 2016, Pages 61-70

  Wang, Wei Lei ^a,b   Armstrong, Robert A ^a   Cochran, J Kirk ^a   Heilbrun, Christina ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Export flux; Likelihood estimation; MedFlux; Sinking velocity; Thorium

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; REACTION KINETICS; SEDIMENT TRAPS; THORIUM; VELOCITY;

DESORPTION RATE CONSTANTS; EXPORT FLUX; FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD APPROACHES; MEDFLUX; PARTICLE AGGREGATION; SINKING VELOCITY;

RATE CONSTANTS;

ADSORPTION; AGGREGATION; DESORPTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; REACTION KINETICS; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SEDIMENT TRAP; SETTLING VELOCITY; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TRACER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84958950509     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2016.02.003     Document Type: Article

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