Evidence for slow mixing across the pycnocline from an open-ocean tracer-release experiment

Nature

Volumn 364, Issue 6439, 1993, Pages 701-703

  Ledwell, James R ^a   Watson, Andrew J ^b   Law, Clifford S ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAPYCNAL DIFFUSIVITY; MIXING; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

TRITIUM;

EID: 0027831050     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/364701a0     Document Type: Article

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