Age characteristics of a shelf-break eddy in the western Arctic and implications for shelf-basin exchange

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Kadko, David ^a   Pickart, Robert S ^b   Mathis, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOISOTOPES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AGE DETERMINATION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EDDY; SHELF BREAK; WATER EXCHANGE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA;

EID: 42549110392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004429     Document Type: Article

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