The shallow thermohaline circulation of the Red Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1355-1376

  Tragou, Elina ^a   Garrett, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CIRCULATION; EVAPORATION; SEA;

CIRCULATION MODELLING; SEMI-ENCLOSED SEAS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

RED SEA;

EID: 0030776220     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00026-5     Document Type: Article

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