Strong transport and mixing of deep water through the Southwest Indian Ridge

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 755-758

  MacKinnon, J A ^a   Johnston, T M S ^a   Pinkel, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 65349168911     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo340     Document Type: Article

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