The International Polar Year (IPY) Circumpolar Flaw Lead (CFL) system study: The importance of brine processes for α- and γ- hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) accumulation or rejection in sea ice

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 244-262

  Pucko M ^a,b   Stern, G A ^a,b   Barber, D G ^b   Macdonald, R W ^b,c   Rosenberg, B ^a  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINE; DESALINATION; HCH; MELTING; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALGAE;

EID: 78650301879     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/OC318.2010     Document Type: Article

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