Oxygen isotopes in seawater from the Texas-Louisiana shelf

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Wagner, Amy J ^a,b   Slowey, Niall C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SEAWATER; SHELF DYNAMICS;

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551581630     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2010.1004     Document Type: Article

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