Use of ammonium and other nitrogen tracers to investigate the spreading of shelf waters in the western Arctic halocline

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Nishino, Shigeto ^a   Shimada, Koji ^a   Itoh, Motoyo ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; HALOCLINE; NITROGEN; TRACER; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 28844489182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002118     Document Type: Article

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