Oxic, suboxic, and anoxic conditions in the Black Sea

The Black Sea Flood Question: Changes in Coastline, Climate, and Human Settlement

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-21

  Stewart, Keith ^a   Kassakian, Steven ^a   Krynytzky, Marta ^a   Dijulio, Doug ^a   Murray, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

oxygen; salinity; suboxic zone; sulfide; temperature; ventilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892307289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5302-3_1     Document Type: Chapter

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