Thermocline ventilation and pathways of tropical–subtropical water mass exchange

Scott Harper

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v52i3.12269

Thermocline ventilation and pathways of tropical–subtropical water mass exchange

Tellus

Volume 52 (2000): Issue 3

By: Scott Harper

Open Access

|Jan 2000

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