Oceanography: What is the thermohaline circulation?

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5596, 2002, Pages

  Wunsch, Carl ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PROTACTINIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; HEAT; HEATING; MASS; NOMENCLATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0037044893     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1079329     Document Type: Short Survey

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