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Cessation and partial reversal of deep water freshening in the northern North Atlantic: observation-based estimates and attribution Cover

Cessation and partial reversal of deep water freshening in the northern North Atlantic: observation-based estimates and attribution

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Volume 62 (2010): Issue 1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2009.00418.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 80 - 90
Submitted on: Mar 20, 2009
Accepted on: Oct 12, 2009
Published on: Jan 1, 2010
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2010 Artem Sarafanov, Herlé Mercier, Anastasia Falina, Alexey Sokov, Pascale Lherminier, published by Stockholm University Press
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