Provenance of intermediate waters in the western North Pacific deduced from thermodynamic imprint on δ13C of DIC

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Itou, Masashi ^a   Ono, Tsuneo ^b   Noriki, Shinichiro ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Intermediate water; Isotope tracer; Western North Pacific

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; INTERMEDIATE WATER; PROVENANCE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRACER; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 1542286802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001746     Document Type: Article

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