Meridional carbon dioxide transport in the northern North Atlantic

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 205-216

  Stoll, M H C ^a   Van Aken, H M ^a   De Baar, H J W ^a   De Boer, C J ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

meridional transport; North Atlantic; TCO2

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030302074     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(96)00057-6     Document Type: Article

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