Tracers confirm downward mixing of Tyrrhenian Sea upper waters associated with the Eastern Mediterranean Transient

Ocean Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-99

  Roether, W ^a   Lupton, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; DEEP WATER; DENSITY; HELIUM ISOTOPE; SALINITY; SEAFLOOR; TRACER; TRITIUM; VERTICAL MIXING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 79551505806     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-7-91-2011     Document Type: Article

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