Bottom water production and its links with the thermohaline circulation

Antarctic Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 427-437

  Jacobs, Stanley S ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Seawater density; Slope front; Southern Ocean; Water masses; Water properties

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; VENTILATION; WATER MASS;

OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 10944248589     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095410200400224X     Document Type: Short Survey

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