Is the global conveyor belt threatened by arctic ocean fresh water outflow?

Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Fluxes: Defining the Role of the Northern Seas in Climate

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 385-404

  Jones, E Peter ^a   Anderson, Leif G ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 56049114219     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6774-7_17     Document Type: Chapter

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