The Arctic shelf regions as a source of freshwater and brine-enriched waters as revealed from stable oxygen isotopes

Polarforschung

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 127-140

  Bauch, Dorothea ^a,b   Hölemann, Jens ^c   Andersen, Nils ^d   Dobrotina, Elena ^e   Nikulina, Anna ^a,b   Kassens, Heidemarie ^a  

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

^b Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e Otto Schmidt Laboratory for Polar and Marine Research (OSL)   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BRINE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MELTWATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RIVER WATER; SALINITY; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SHELF BREAK; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER DEPTH; WATER MASS; WIND FORCING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; BEAUFORT SHELF; KARA SEA; LAPTEV SEA;

EID: 84860871657     PISSN: 00322490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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