Vertical variation of oxygen isotope in bay of Bengal and its relationships with water masses

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6411-6424

  Sengupta, S ^a   Parekh, Anant ^a   Chakraborty, S ^a   Ravi Kumar, K ^a   Bose, T ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; oxygen isotope; paleoceanography; water mass

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; MIXING; OXYGEN; SALINE WATER;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDONESIAN THROUGHFLOW; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE-SALINITY RELATIONSHIP; VERTICAL VARIATION; WATER MASS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SAMPLING; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MASS;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84892947820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC008973     Document Type: Article

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