Deposition and recirculation of tritium in the North Pacific Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Stark, Sheila ^a   Jenkins, William J ^b   Doney, Scott C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean circulation; Transient tracer; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

FALLOUT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TRACER; TRITIUM; VENTILATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 4444278402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002150     Document Type: Article

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