Oxygen isotope ratio, barium and salinity in waters around the North American coast from the Pacific to the Atlantic: Implications for freshwater sources to the arctic through flow

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-117

  Yamamoto Kawai, Michiyo ^a   Carmack, Eddy C ^a   McLaughlin, Fiona A ^a   Falkner, Kelly K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE FRONT; FRESHWATER INPUT; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MELTWATER; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SALINITY; THROUGHFLOW;

AMUNDSEN GULF; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; MACKENZIE RIVER [NORTHWEST TERRITORIES]; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 79960576522     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224010793078988     Document Type: Article

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