Freshwater and brine behaviors in the Arctic ocean deduced from historical data of δ18O and alkalinity (1929-2002 A.D.)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Yamamoto Kawai, Michiyo ^a,b   Tanaka, Noriyuki ^a,c   Pivovarov, Sergey ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

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

^d ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BRINE; FRESHWATER; LONG-TERM CHANGE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 28844441760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002793     Document Type: Article

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