The spreading of Antarctic bottom water in the tropical Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 507-527

  Rhein, Monika ^a   Stramma, Lothar ^a   Krahmann, Gerd ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; FLOW PATTERN; MIXING; VELOCITY PROFILE; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032052312     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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