High anthropogenic carbon content in the eastern Mediterranean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Schneider, A ^a   Tanhua, T ^a   Krtzinger, A ^a   Wallace, D W R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DICHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; ERROR RANGE; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; MEAN AGES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; TRANSIT-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER COLUMNS;

CARBON;

ALKALINITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CFC; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; INVENTORY; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 78650434271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006171     Document Type: Article

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