Circulation features in the central Arctic Ocean revealed by nuclear fuel reprocessing tracers from Scientific Ice Expeditions 1995 and 1996

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C12, 1999, Pages 29663-29677

  Smith, John N ^a   Ellis, Katherine M ^a   Boyd, Timothy ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RADIONUCLIDE; TRACER;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033573440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900244     Document Type: Article

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