Ventilation of the Miocene Arctic Ocean: An idealized model study

Paleoceanography

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Thompson, Bijoy ^a   Nilsson, Johan ^a   Nycander, Jonas ^a   Jakobsson, Martin ^a   Döös, Kristofer ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; MIOCENE; OXIC CONDITIONS; VENTILATION; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; FRAM STRAIT; LOMONOSOV RIDGE;

EID: 78649668764     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009PA001883     Document Type: Article

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