Mechanisms of the overturning circulation in the  northern Red Sea other than convective mixing

Eyouni, Lina; Kokkini, Zoi; Zarokanellos, Nikolaos D.; Jones, Burton H.

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Mechanisms of the overturning circulation in the northern Red Sea other than convective mixing

Lina Eyouni, Zoi Kokkini, Nikolaos D. Zarokanellos, and Burton H. Jones

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