Eurasian Arctic shelf hydrography: Exchange and residence time of southern Laptev Sea waters

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1815-1820

  Bauch, D ^a   Dmitrenko, I ^a   Kirillov, S ^c   Wegner, C ^a   Holemann J ^b   Pivovarov, S ^c   Timokhov, L ^c   Kassens, H ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

110 140 E and 70 78 N; Continental shelves; Eurasian shelves; Fast ice; Halocline; Laptev Sea; Polar oceanography; Polynyas; Residence time

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; HALOCLINE; HYDROGRAPHY; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLYNYA; PYCNOCLINE; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER PLUME; SEA ICE; SEAWATER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LAPTEV SEA;

EID: 69449102061     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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