Spatial patterns of benthic silica flux in the North Pacific reflect upper ocean production

Yi Hou1, Douglas E. Hammond1, William M. Berelson1, Nathaniel Kemnitz1, Jess F. Adkins2, Abby Lunstrum1
1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
2Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 170-25, 1200 E. California Blvd. Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA