Seasonal and interannual variability of Siberian river discharge in the Laptev Sea inferred from stable isotopes in modern bivalves

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Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 292-303

  Mueller Lupp, Thomas ^a   Erlenkeuser, Helmut ^b   Bauch, Henning A ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DISCHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

LAPTEV SEA;

ASTARTE; ASTARTE BOREALIS; BIVALVIA;

EID: 0038269238     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2003.tb01084.x     Document Type: Article

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