Pathways and export of Greenland sea water

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 158, Issue , 2005, Pages 89-103

  Eldevik, Tor ^a   Straneo, Fiammetta ^b   Sandø, Anne Britt ^a   Furevik, Tore ^c  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 84986319713     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/158GM08     Document Type: Chapter

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