The influence of intermediate waters on the stability of the eastern North Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1405-1426

  Wade, Ian P ^a,b   Ellett, David J ^b   Heywood, Karen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Marine Physics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE WATER MASSES; STABILITY; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0030846585     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00023-X     Document Type: Article

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