Freshwater sources to the coastal ocean off northeastern North America: Evidence from H218O/H216O

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C8, 1999, Pages 18241-18255

  Khatiwala, Samar P ^a   Fairbanks, Richard G ^a   Houghton, Robert W ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FRESHWATER INPUT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS;

(NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH AMERICAN MARGIN;

EID: 0006508326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900155     Document Type: Article

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