A review of the physical oceanography of the Mediterranean outflow

Marine Geology - Tập 155 Số 1-2 - Trang 63-82 - 1999
Molly Baringer1, James F. Price2
1NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, USA
2Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02534, USA

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