Present-day manifestation of the nordic seas overflows

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 173, Issue , 2007, Pages 75-89

  Quadfasel, Detlef ^a   Käse, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 85032728793     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/173GM07     Document Type: Chapter

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