230Th in the Andaman Sea: Rapid deep-sea renewal

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Okubo, Ayako ^a   Obata, Hajime ^a   Nozaki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki ^a   Minami, Hideki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

4808 Oceanography: Biological and Chemical: Chemical tracers; 4825 Oceanography: Biological and Chemical: Geochemistry; 4860 Oceanography: Biological and Chemical: Radioactivity and radioisotopes

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; OCEAN STRUCTURES;

ANDAMAN-NICOBAR RIDGE; DEEP-SEA RENEWAL; INFLOW WATER; SCAVENGING-MIXING MODEL;

SEAWATER;

DEEP WATER; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REPLACEMENT; SEAWATER; THORIUM ISOTOPE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ANDAMAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 14044274124     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020226     Document Type: Article

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