BOTTOM WATER FORMATION AND POLYNYAS IN ADEllE LAND , ANTARCTICA

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  • Nathaniel L. Bindoff
  • Stephen R. Rintoul
  • Robert Massom
چکیده

BINDOFF, NL., RINTOUL, S.R. & MASSOM, R., 2000 (31 :v): Bottom water formation and polynyas in Adelie Land, Antarctica. In Banks, M.R. & Brown, M.J. (Eds): TASMANIAAND THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. T asm. 133(3): 51-56. ISSN 0080470). Antarctic CRC, GPO Box 252-80, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7001 (NLB, SRR, RM); and CSIRO Division of Marine Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7001 (SRR).

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تاریخ انتشار 2012