From centennial to millennial oscillation of the thermohaline circulation

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 723-742

  Sévellec, Florian ^a   Huck, Thierry ^b   de Verdière, Alain Colin ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION; CIRCULATION MODELING; OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 79960611300     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224011795977635     Document Type: Article

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