Δ 14C, ∑CO2 and salinity of the western Indian Ocean deep waters: Spatial and temporal variations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2869-2872

  Somayajulu, B L K ^a   Bhushan, R ^a   Narvekar, P V ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEEP WATER; SALINITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN;

GEOPHYSICS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; DEEP WATER; INDIAN OCEAN; NORTHERN REGIONS; SHORT TERM; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL CHANGE; WESTERN INDIAN OCEANS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

EID: 0033568892     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL002261     Document Type: Article

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