Stability and variability of the thermohaline circulation in the past and future: A study with a coupled model of intermediate complexity

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 126, Issue , 2001, Pages 261-275

  Ganopolski, Audrey ^a   Rahmstorf, Stefan ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 85015348020     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM126p0261     Document Type: Chapter

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