Mechanisms controlling the global oceanic distribution of the inert gases argon, nitrogen and neon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 35-1-35-4

  Hamme, Roberta C ^a   Emerson, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; NEON; NITROGEN; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUPERSATURATION; GASES; INERT GASES;

GLOBAL OCEANIC DISTRIBUTION; GAS EXCHANGE; GAS SATURATIONS; MIXED-LAYER MODELS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; QUASI-STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; WATER-MASS FORMATION;

GEOPHYSICS; NITROGEN;

ARGON; GLOBAL OCEAN; NEON; NITROGEN; NOBLE GAS; SEAWATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER MASS;

EID: 85081145830     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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