An oceanic box model of the Miocene Mediterranean Sea with emphasis on the effects of closure of the eastern gateway

Paleoceanography

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Karami, M P ^a   Meijer, P T ^a   Dijkstra, H A ^b   Wortel, M J R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RESIDENCE TIME; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77952329819     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008PA001679     Document Type: Article

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