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The stability of a zonally averaged thermohaline circulation model Cover

The stability of a zonally averaged thermohaline circulation model

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|Jan 1996

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Language: English
Page range: 158 - 178
Submitted on: Jan 25, 1995
Accepted on: Apr 20, 1995
Published on: Jan 1, 1996
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1996 G. A. Schmidt, L. A. Mysak, published by Stockholm University Press
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