Using radium isotopes to characterize water ages and coastal mixing rates: A sensitivity analysis

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 9, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages 380-395

  Knee, Karen L ^a,f   Garcia Solsona, Ester ^b,c   Garcia Orellana, Jordi ^c   Boehm, Alexandria B ^d   Paytan, Adina ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEGOS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 82355161286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2011.9.380     Document Type: Article

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