Chapter 9 Ocean Circulation/Mixing Studies with Decay-Series Isotopes

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 13, Issue , 2008, Pages 307-344

  Ku, Teh Lung ^a   Luo, Shangde ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 41949114944     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(07)00009-5     Document Type: Review

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