Mixing and remineralization in waters detrained from the surface into Subantarctic Mode Water and Antarctic Intermediate Water in the southeastern Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4001-4028

  Carter, B R ^a,b   Talley, L D ^a   Dickson, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biogeochemistry; CFC age; mixing; remineralization

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS;

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATERS; ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON; DISSOLUTION RATES; REMINERALIZATION; REMINERALIZATION RATE; SUBANTARCTIC MODE WATER; SUBTROPICAL THERMOCLINES; UPPER CIRCUMPOLAR DEEP WATER;

MIXING;

DISSOLUTION; HYDROGRAPHY; MIXED LAYER; MIXING; REMINERALIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; THERMOCLINE; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 84904613742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009355     Document Type: Article

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