Studying subtropical thermocline ventilation and circulation using tritium and 3He

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue C8, 1998, Pages 15817-15831

  Jenkins, William J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYRE; HELIUM ISOTOPE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; THERMOCLINE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRACER; TRITIUM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0342850205     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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