A large abrupt change in the abyssal water masses of the eastern Mediterranean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Rubino, Angelo ^a   Hainbucher, Dagmar ^b  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEAWATER; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ABYSSAL LAYERS; ABYSSAL WATER MASSES; THERMOHALINE CELL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABYSSAL ZONE; DEEP WATER; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; WATER MASS;

ADRIATIC SEA; AEGEAN SEA; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 39049151653     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031737     Document Type: Article

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