Dianeutral mixing in the thermocline of the Indian Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-320

  You, Yuzhu ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIANEUTRAL MIXING; MIXING PROCESSES; THERMOCLINE; WATER MASSES;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0030096081     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0637(96)00007-6     Document Type: Article

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