Bifurcation of eastward jets induced by mid-ocean ridges and diverging isobaths
By: Chuan Shi and Shenn-Yu Chao
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v47i5.11970 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 1032 - 1046
Submitted on: Aug 29, 1994
Accepted on: Nov 2, 1994
Published on: Jan 1, 1995
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1995 Chuan Shi, Shenn-Yu Chao, published by Stockholm University Press
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