Agulhas leakage extension and its influences on South Atlantic surface water hydrography during the Pleistocene (2024)

Nirmal, B., Mohan, K., Tripati, A., Christensen, B. A., Mortyn, P. G., De Vleeschouwer, D., Prakasam, M., & Saravanan, K. (2023). Agulhas leakage extension and its influences on South Atlantic surface water hydrography during the Pleistocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 615, Article 111447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111447

Nirmal, B. ; Mohan, K. ; Tripati, Aradhna et al. / Agulhas leakage extension and its influences on South Atlantic surface water hydrography during the Pleistocene. In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2023 ; Vol. 615.

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Nirmal, B, Mohan, K, Tripati, A, Christensen, BA, Mortyn, PG, De Vleeschouwer, D, Prakasam, M & Saravanan, K 2023, 'Agulhas leakage extension and its influences on South Atlantic surface water hydrography during the Pleistocene', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 615, 111447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111447

Agulhas leakage extension and its influences on South Atlantic surface water hydrography during the Pleistocene. / Nirmal, B.; Mohan, K.; Tripati, Aradhna et al.
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol. 615, 111447, 01.04.2023.

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Nirmal B, Mohan K, Tripati A, Christensen BA, Mortyn PG, De Vleeschouwer D et al. Agulhas leakage extension and its influences on South Atlantic surface water hydrography during the Pleistocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2023 abr. 1;615:111447. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111447