Entrainment and export of Laptev Sea ice sediments, Siberian Arctic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Dethleff, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTRAINMENT; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTATION; SILT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LAPTEV SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 24944524781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002740     Document Type: Article

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