Age and the time lag method

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1057-1067

  Delhez, Éric J M ^a   Deleersnijder, Éric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Catholic University of Louvain   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age; Age of seawater; Time lag; Tracer

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; SEAWATER; SIGNAL; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TIME SERIES; TRACER; WATER MASS;

EID: 42049094867     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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