Anthropogenic modification of the oceans

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1938, 2011, Pages 887-908

  Tyrrell, Toby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Carbonate gap; Global warming; Ocean; Ocean acidification; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CARBONATION; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA LEVEL;

ANTHROPOCENE; ANTHROPOGENIC MODIFICATION; DEEP OCEAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; OCEAN; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SEA FLOOR; SEA LEVEL RISE; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE OCEAN;

SEAWATER;

EID: 79952358142     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0334     Document Type: Review

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