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Title: Dissolved barium (Ba) concentrations in seawater samples collected on the US GEOTRACES GP17-OCE cruise on R/V Roger Revelle (RR2214) in the South Pacific and Southern Oceans from December 2022 to January 2023
This dataset includes measurements of dissolved barium (Ba) concentrations in the South Pacific and Southern Ocean from the US GEOTRACES GP17 section (GP17-OCE, Papeete, Tahiti to Punta Arenas, Chile) on R/V Roger Revelle from December 2022 to January 2023.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2048604
PAR ID:
10640003
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
Date Published:
Edition / Version:
1
Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
barium South Pacific Southern Ocean GEOTRACES
Format(s):
Medium: X
Location:
Woods Hole, MA
Institution:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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