Deep water formation rates inferred from global tracer distributions: An inverse approach

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 114, Issue , 1999, Pages 185-195

  Peacock, S ^a   Visbeck, M ^a   Broecker, W ^a  

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

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EID: 52749086951     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM114p0185     Document Type: Chapter

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