Chlorofluorocarbon evidence for rapid ventilation of the Ross Sea
Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)-12 and -11 (CF2Cl2 and CFCl3) measurements were made in seawater on the Ross Sea continental shelf and adjacent slope region in 1984. Concentrations of CFC-12 and CFC-11 in Ross Sea continental shelf water averaged nearly half that of saturated surface water. Circumpolar Dee...
Published in: | Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship, University of California
1991
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Online Access: | http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3pd07742 |