Heat and salt fluxes in the Atlantis II Deep (Red Sea)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 147-159

  Anschutz, Pierre ^a   Blanc, Gérard ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantis II Deep; Brines; Heat flux; Thermal waters

Indexed keywords

BRINE; HEAT FLOW; RIFT; SALT FLUX; THERMAL WATER;

RED SEA, ATLANTIS II DEEP;

EID: 0029836589     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00098-2     Document Type: Article

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