Tectonic control on past circulation of the Mediterranean Sea: A model study of the Late Miocene

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Meijer, P Th ^a   Slingerland, R ^b   Wortel, M J R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation modeling; Mediterranean Sea; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 18344405233     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003PA000956     Document Type: Article

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