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Salinity Forcing Mechanisms

Salinity Forcing Mechanisms is a theoretical construct that identifies and characterizes the physical, chemical, and biological processes—such as evaporation, precipitation, river runoff, sea ice formation, and ocean circulation—that directly modulate the spatial and temporal distribution of salt concentration in seawater.

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13.3K

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748

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343

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2017–2026

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223

The Geochemistry of the Amazon River System: Part I. The Factors that Control the Salinity and the Composition and Concentration of the Suspended Solids

Ronald J. Gibbs · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1967 · 573 citations

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Alternate interpretation of the Messinian salinity crisis: Controversy resolved?

Georges Clauzon, Jean‐Pierre Suc, François Gautier et al. · Geology · 1996 · 449 citations

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Effect of high salt concentrations on water structure

R. Leberman, Alan K. Soper · Nature · 1995 · 437 citations

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Salinity as a determinant of the structure of biological communities in salt lakes

W. D. Williams · Hydrobiologia · 1998 · 295 citations

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The Arctic Ocean Estuary

J. W. McClelland, R. M. Holmes, Kenneth H. Dunton et al. · Estuaries and Coasts · 2011 · 266 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. AL
    Arnold L. Gordon

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, United States

    3 publications · 266 citations

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  2. WK
    Wout Krijgsman

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    3 publications · 157 citations

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  3. LY
    Lisan Yu

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    3 publications · 124 citations

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  4. SA
    Semyon A. Grodsky

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    3 publications · 115 citations

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  5. AS
    Andrey Shcherbina

    University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory, United States

    3 publications · 84 citations

    3

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Institutions

343

  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    557 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    28 publications

    2.1K citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    7 h-index

    24 publications

    985 citations

  4. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    560 citations

  5. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    18 publications

    817 citations

  6. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    973 citations

  7. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    399 citations

  8. National Institute of Oceanography

    Panjim, India

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    727 citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 13 publications · 906 citations

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  2. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    10 publications · 836 citations

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    10 publications · 712 citations

    9

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  4. Nature

    7 publications · 786 citations

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  5. Oceanography

    7 publications · 253 citations

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