A tracer study of the formation, dispersal, and renewal of Levantine Intermediate Water

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C6, 1997, Pages 12539-12549

  Stratford, K ^a   Williams, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FORMATION; INTERMEDIATE WATER MASSES; LEVANTINE INTERMEDIATE WATER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0030731338     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00019     Document Type: Article

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