Will the East/Japan Sea become an anoxic sea in the next century?

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 91, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 77-84

  Kang, Dong Jin ^a   Kim, Jae Yeon ^b   Lee, Tongsup ^b   Kim, Kyung Ryul ^a  

^a School of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anoxic; Dissolved oxygen; East Japan Sea; Moving Boundary Box Model; Oxygen utilization rate

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BOTTOM WATER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INTERMEDIATE WATER; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 4544360433     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2004.03.020     Document Type: Article

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