Weddell Sea is a globally significant contributor to deep-sea sequestration of natural carbon dioxide

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1169-1177

  Hoppema, Mario ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic circumpolar current; Carbon cycle; Carbon dioxide; Carbon sequestration; Intermediate water; Mass transport; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; WATER;

CARBON CYCLE; LATERAL TRANSPORT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEEP SEA; MASS TRANSPORT;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 3543113836     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.02.011     Document Type: Article

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