The sources of the upper and lower halocline water in the Canada Basin derived from isotopic tracers

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 625-639

  Chen, Min ^a   Huang, Yipu ^a   Jin, Mingming ^b   Qiu, Yusheng ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

18; 2H; Halocline water; Nutrients; O; The Canada Basin; Water mass

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RUNOFF; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER;

HALOCLINE WATER;

EARTH SCIENCES;

HALOCLINE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIXING; OCEAN BASIN; SALINITY; SEAWATER; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0042631528     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd9055     Document Type: Article

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