Formation and circulation of the water masses between the southern Indian Ocean and Antarctica: Results from δ18O

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 449-470

  Meredith, Michael P ^a   Heywood, Karen J ^a   Frew, Russell D ^b   Dennis, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMATION MECHANISM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; WATER MASS;

(SOUTH); INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0032786219     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224099764805156     Document Type: Article

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