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Tracer-derived transit time of the waters in the eastern Nordic Seas Cover

Tracer-derived transit time of the waters in the eastern Nordic Seas

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Language: English
Page range: 332 - 340
Submitted on: Jul 13, 2004
Accepted on: Mar 8, 2005
Published on: Jan 1, 2005
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2005 Yongqi Gao, Helge Drange, Mats Bentsen, Ola M. Johannessen, published by Stockholm University Press
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