Mixing in a Thermohaline Staircase

Elsevier Oceanography Series

Volumn 46, Issue C, 1988, Pages 435-452

  Schmitt, R W ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 77956864987     PISSN: 04229894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0422-9894(08)70563-4     Document Type: Article

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