Spreading velocities and dilution of North Atlantic Deep Water in the tropical atlantic based on CFC time series

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Steinfeldt, Reiner ^a   Rhein, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFCs; North Atlantic Deep Water; Tropical Atlantic

Indexed keywords

CFC; DILUTION; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; TIME SERIES; WATER MASS;

EID: 18544401089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc002050     Document Type: Article

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