Fluxes of material in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal — Sediment trap studies
Abstract
In order to investigate how monsoons influence biogeochemical fluxes in the ocean, twelve time-series sediment traps were deployed at six locations in the northern Indian Ocean. In this paper we present particle flux data collected during May 1986 to November 1991 and November 1987 to November 1992 in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal respectively. Particle fluxes were high during both the SW and NE monsoons in the Arabian Sea as well as in the Bay of Bengal. The mechanisms of particle production and transport, however, differ in both the regions.
- Publication:
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Indian Academy of Sciences Proceedings: Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Pub Date:
- June 1994
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF02839536
- Bibcode:
- 1994InEPS.103..189R
- Keywords:
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- Particle fluxes;
- interannual variability;
- Arabian Sea;
- Bay of Bengal monsoons;
- carbonates;
- opal;
- organic carbon;
- lithogenics;
- sedimentation rate