The distribution of tritium and CFCs in the Weddell Sea during the mid-1980s

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 377-388

  Mensch, Manfred ^a,b   Bayer, Reinhold ^a   Bullister, John L ^c   Schlosser, Peter ^b   Weiss, Ray F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACERS; WATER MASSES;

WEDDELL SEA;

TRITIUM;

EID: 0030389984     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(97)00007-4     Document Type: Review

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