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On the low-frequency phase relation between the Denmark Strait and the Faroe-Bank Channel overflows Cover

On the low-frequency phase relation between the Denmark Strait and the Faroe-Bank Channel overflows

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Language: English
Page range: 530 - 550
Submitted on: Aug 4, 2009
Accepted on: Feb 26, 2010
Published on: Jan 1, 2010
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2010 Nuno Serra, Rolf H. Käse, Armin Köhl, Detlef Stammer, Detlef Quadfasel, published by Stockholm University Press
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