Numerical evidence against reversed thermohaline circulation in the warm Paleocene/Eocene ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C6, 2001, Pages 11529-11542

  Bice, Karen L ^a   Marotzke, Jochem ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOTTOM WATER; EOCENE; PALEOCENE; PERTURBATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0034915701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000561     Document Type: Article

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