A double-halocline structure in the Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 25-35

  Shi, Jiuxin ^a   Zhao, Jinping ^b   Li, Shujiang ^b   Cao, Yong ^b   Qu, Ping ^c  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Canada Basin; Halocline; Pacific origin water; Salinity

Indexed keywords

HALOCLINE; SALINITY; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 30444434036     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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