Dianeutral mixing, transformation and transport of the deep water of the Indian Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-148

  You, Yuzhu ^a,b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; DEEP WATER VENTILATION; MIXING; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; UPWELLING; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0032939275     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00058-2     Document Type: Article

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