Abyssal mixing: Where it is not

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2286-2296

  Kunze, Eric ^a   Sanford, Thomas B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAINS INTERNAL WAVES; GLOBAL BUDGETS; WATER MIXING; WAVE INTERACTION THEORY;

EID: 0030426482     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<2286:AMWIIN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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