Chapter 4 Circulation and Water Masses of the Southern Ocean: A Review

Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 85-114

  Carter, Lionel ^a   McCave, I N ^b   Williams, Michael J M ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

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EID: 51249097739     PISSN: 15719197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1571-9197(08)00004-9     Document Type: Review

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