Abyssal channels in the Atlantic Ocean: Water structure and flows

Abyssal Channels in the Atlantic Ocean: Water Structure and Flows

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-266

  Morozov, Eugene G ^a   Demidov, Alexander N ^b   Tarakanov, Roman Y ^a   Zenk, Walter ^c  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9358-5     Document Type: Book

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