Pulses of rapid ventilation in the North Atlantic surface ocean during the past century

Science

Volumn 275, Issue 5305, 1997, Pages 1454-1457

  Druffel, Ellen R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TREE;

CARBON-14; OCEANIC MIXING; RADIOCARBON; RAPID PULSES; SUESS EFFECT; SURFACE WATER; WATER MASS VENTILATION; WATER MIXING;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030621237     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.275.5305.1454     Document Type: Article

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