Tracing the flow of North Atlantic Deep Water using-chlorofluorocarbons

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C6, 2000, Pages 14297-14323

  Smethie Jr , William M ^a   Fine, Rana A ^b   Putzka, Alfred ^c   Jones, E Peter ^d  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFC; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; TRACER;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033664420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900274     Document Type: Article

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