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Monitoring the marine environment through sedimentation

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The argument is advanced that the interception of particles settling within the water column provides a means of monitoring and understanding basic ocean processes. Geochemical and biological measurements on precisely dated bottom sediments and on preliminary recoveries from particle interceptor-traps provide supporting evidence.

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  1. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, 92093

    A. Soutar, S. A. Kling, P. A. Crill & E. Duffrin

  2. Division of Natural Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, 95060

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Soutar, A., Kling, S., Crill, P. et al. Monitoring the marine environment through sedimentation. Nature 266, 136–139 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/266136a0

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