Distribution of oxygen isotopes in the water masses of Drake Passage and the South Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C9, 1999, Pages 20949-20962

  Meredith, Michael P ^a   Grose, Katie E ^a   McDonagh, Elaine L ^a   Heywood, Karen J ^a   Frew, Russell D ^b   Dennis, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; DEEP-WATER MASS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; WATER MASS;

(SOUTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN; DRAKE PASSAGE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0033567606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc02544     Document Type: Article

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