Mid-latitude shelf seas: A NW European perspective on the seasonal dynamics of temperature, salinity and oxygen isotopes

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 937-947

  Austin, W E N ^a   Cage, A G ^a   Scourse, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HOLSMEER project; Oxygen isotopes; Salinity; Seasonality; Shelf seas; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; CALCITE; HEAT FLUX; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SALINITY; SEASONALITY; SHELF SEA; STRATIFICATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; NORTHWEST EUROPEAN SHELF;

EID: 33947229267     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683606hl985rp     Document Type: Review

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