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标题：The salinity:δ18O water relationship in Kongsfjorden, western Spitsbergen
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作者：Suzanne E. MacLachlan ; Finlo R Cottier ; William E. N. Austin 等
期刊名称：Polar Research
印刷版ISSN：1751-8369
出版年度：2007
卷号：26
期号：2
页码：160-167
DOI：10.3402/polar.v26i2.6219
语种：English
出版社：Co-Action Publishing
摘要：We present the first oxygen isotope measurements from Kongsfjorden in north-west Spitsbergen, and use the isotopic composition and hydrographic data to provide a detailed assessment of the mixing between freshwater and oceanic waters. Temperature, salinity(s) and oxygen isotope profiles are used to describe the seasonal evolution of hydrography in the inner part of the fjord, and to infer the dominant mixing and exchange processes. Data from atmospheric, glacial and marine sources throughout Kongsfjorden are used to construct a salinity: δ18O mixing line in a region that receives inputs of freshwater and marine Atlantic water. The dominant source of freshwater is glacial melt from a tidewater glacier complex at the head of the fjord, resulting in a seawater salinity: δ18O relationship where δ18O = 0.43S - 14.65. The Kongsfjorden data provides a northern latitudinal limit for mixing lines in the northwestern European coastal system.