The oxygen isotope composition of water masses within the North Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 353-359

  Harwood, Andrew J P ^a   Dennis, Paul F ^a   Marca, Alina D ^a   Pilling, Graham M ^b   Millner, Richard S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mixing line; North Sea; salinity; seawater 18O

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; INFLOW; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIXING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BALTIC SEA; CENTRAL EUROPE; ELBE RIVER; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; RHINE RIVER; SCANDINAVIA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 42649131669     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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