Tracing Amazon River water into the Caribbean Sea

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 537-549

  Hellweger, Ferdi L ^a,b   Gordon, Arnold L ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b HydroQual Inc   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; CURRENT VELOCITY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY;

CARIBBEAN SEA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0036664222     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224002762324202     Document Type: Article

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