228Ra and 226Ra in the Kara and Laptev seas

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-124

  Rutgers Van Der Loeff, Michiel ^a,d   Kühne, Stephan ^a   Wahsner, Monika ^a   Höltzen, Heike ^a   Frank, Markus ^b   Ekwurzel, Brenda ^c   Mensch, Manfred ^b   Rachold, Volker ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Polar oceanography; Radium isotopes; Sediment water exchanges; Tracers

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; FRESHWATER INPUT; MIXING; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; TRACER;

KARA SEA; LAPTEV SEA;

EID: 0037230369     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(02)00169-3     Document Type: Article

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