Iodine 129/CFC 11 transit times for Denmark Strait Overflow Water in the Labrador and Irminger Seas

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Smith, J N ^a   Jones, E P ^a   Moran, S B ^b   Smethie, Jr ^c   Kfieser, W E ^d  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TRACER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 22144441410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002516     Document Type: Article

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