The mean residence time of river water in the Canada Basin

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 777-783

  Chen, Min ^a   Xing, Na ^a   Huang, YiPu ^a   Qiu, YuSheng ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

18O; 226Ra; 228Ra; Residence time; River runoff; Western Arctic Ocean

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249113467     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0077-z     Document Type: Article

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