Chemistry of Oceanic Particulate Matter and Sediments: Implications for Bottom Sediment Resuspension
- 5 May 1978
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 200 (4341), 533-535
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.200.4341.533
Abstract
Analyses of suspended particulate matter from the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean have defined a 400-meter-thick benthic nepheloid layer enriched in aluminum, silicon, iron, and manganese relative to the overlying waters. Chemical mass-balance calculations suggest that the concentration increases in the benthic nepheloid layer are due to resuspension from the fraction of the local bottom sediments in the size range ≥1 micrometer.Keywords
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