Reevaluation of mixing among multiple water masses in the shelf: An example from the East China Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1969-1979

  Zhang, L ^a   Liu, Z ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Hong, G H ^b   Park, Y ^b   Zhang, H F ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Polar Research Institute of Korea Ocean Research   (South Korea)

^c Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang diluted water; East China Sea; Kuroshio; Mixing; Radium isotopes; Water mass

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MIXING; RADIUM; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; UPWELLING; WATER MASS;

ASIA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; TAIWAN STRAIT;

EID: 34547768153     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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