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Vol. 46 No. 6 SCIENCE IN CHINA (Series D) June 2003 The sources of the upper and lower halocline water in the Canada Basin derived from isotopic tracers 1 1 2 CHEN Min (陈 敏) , HUANG Yipu (黄奕普) , JIN Mingming (金明明) QIU Yusheng (邱雨生)1 1. Department of Oceanography, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; 2. Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, China Correspondence should be addressed to Chen Min (email: mchen@jingxian.xmu.edu.cn) Received January 28, 2003 Abstract Seawater samples were collected in the water column from the Canada Basin aboard RV Xuelong in August 1999. Concentrations of d D, d 18O, nutrients (NO3 , PO43 , SiO32 ) and dis- solved oxygen were measured, along with hydrographic parameters (salinity and temperature). Our results showed that the upper layer of the water column was characterized by the occurrence of the upper halocline water (UHW) and the lower halocline water (LHW). The UHW was associ- ated with a salinity of 33.1 (~150m depth) and maximums of nutrients, NO and PO*, whereas 3 3 minimums of NO and PO* (PO* = PO + O /175 1.95 mol/dm ) occurred at the depth of LHW 4 2 (~300m depth). Two tracer systems, S-d 18O-PO* and S-d D-SiO32 , were used to estimate the fractions of the Atlantic water, Pacific water, river runoff and sea ice meltwater in water samples. Combined with the nutrient ratio NO/PO, it was suggested that the UHW was derived from the in- flow of the Pacific water through the Bering Strait. These waters were modified to obtain the high salinity and nutrients in the Chukchi shelf or/an