How northern freshwater input can stabilise thermohaline circulation
By: Erwin Lambert, Tor Eldevik and Peter M. Haugan
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v68.31051 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 31051 - 31051
Submitted on: Feb 11, 2016
Accepted on: Oct 14, 2016
Published on: Dec 1, 2016
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