The arctic circumpolar boundary current

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 1023-1062

  Rudels, Bert ^a   Friedrich, Hans J ^b   Quadfasel, Detlef ^b,c  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENT; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033152380     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00015-6     Document Type: Article

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