Articles | Volume 12, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-489-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-489-2015
Research article
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27 Jan 2015
Research article |  | 27 Jan 2015

On the role of circulation and mixing in the ventilation of oxygen minimum zones with a focus on the eastern tropical North Atlantic

P. Brandt, H. W. Bange, D. Banyte, M. Dengler, S.-H. Didwischus, T. Fischer, R. J. Greatbatch, J. Hahn, T. Kanzow, J. Karstensen, A. Körtzinger, G. Krahmann, S. Schmidtko, L. Stramma, T. Tanhua, and M. Visbeck

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