Fresh water and its sources during the SHEBA drift in the Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1769-1785

  Macdonald, R W ^a   McLaughlin, F A ^a   Carmack, E C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

18O; Arctic; Canada Basin; Change; Ice melt; Runoff; SHEBA

Indexed keywords

BRINES; CATCHMENTS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEA ICE; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WATER;

SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FRESHWATER INPUT; MELTWATER; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; SEA ICE;

BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 0036814502     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(02)00097-3     Document Type: Article

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