Did an open Panama Isthmus correspond to an invasion of Pacific water into the Atlantic?

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1324-1336

  Nof, Doron ^a   Van Gorder, Stephen ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WIND STRESS;

OPEN ISTHMUS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCURRENT; SALINITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0042238292     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<1324:DAOPIC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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