Thermohaline staircase formations in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 655-678

  Zodiatis, George ^a   Gasparini, Gian Pietro ^b  

^a Laboratory of Physical Oceanography   (Cyprus)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAIRCASE FORMATIONS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER MASSES;

TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 0030451667     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0637(96)00032-5     Document Type: Article

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