The oxygen and carbon isotope distribution in the Mediterranean water masses

Marine Geology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 41-55

  Pierre, Catherine ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope composition of CO2; Mediterranean Sea; Oxygen isotope composition of water

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE; OXYGEN; SALINITY; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032902127     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00090-5     Document Type: Article

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