Hydrography and through-flow in the north-eastern North Atlantic Ocean: The NANSEN project

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 297-346

  Van Aken, H M ^a   Becker, G ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL MARITIME AND HYDROGRAPHIC AGENCY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; DEEP-WATER MASSES;

EID: 0030390945     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(97)00005-0     Document Type: Review

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