The universal ratio of boron to chlorinity for the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1801-1811

  Lee, Kitack ^a   Kim, Tae Wook ^a   Byrne, Robert H ^b   Millero, Frank J ^c   Feely, Richard A ^d   Liu, Yong Ming ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BORON; ESTIMATION METHOD; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATER; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 75849122557     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.12.027     Document Type: Article

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