A circumpolar perspective on fluvial sediment flux to the Arctic Ocean

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 45-1-45-14

  Holmes, Robert M ^a   McClelland, James W ^a   Peterson, Bruce J ^a   Shiklomanov, Igor A ^b   Shiklomanov, Alexander I ^c,d   Zhulidov, Alexander V ^e   Gordeev, Viatcheslav V ^f   Bobrovitskaya, Nelly N ^b  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STATE HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arctic rivers; Land ocean interactions; Pan Arctic watershed; Sediment flux

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0038035306     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gb001849     Document Type: Article

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