α-HCH enantiomer fraction (EF): A novel approach to calculate the ventilation age of water in the Arctic Ocean?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Puko, Monika ^a,b   MacDonald, Robie W ^a,c   Barber, David G ^a   Rosenberg, Bruno ^b   Gratton, Yves ^d   Stern, Gary A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; ENANTIOMER FRACTIONS; ENANTIOMERIC FRACTIONS; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; KINETIC MODELS; METABOLIC DEGRADATION; MIXED LAYER; WATER COLUMNS; WATER MASS;

ENANTIOMERS;

DATING METHOD; DEGRADATION; HCH; MIXED LAYER; SALINITY; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 84865727974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008130     Document Type: Article

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