Circulation, salinity, and dissolved oxygen in the cretaceous North American Seaway

American Journal of Science

Volumn 296, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1093-1125

  Jewell, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; CRETACEOUS; NORTH AMERICAN SEAWAY; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OCEAN CIRCULATION; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030419635     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/ajs.296.10.1093     Document Type: Article

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