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Within the framework of the POEM-BC program, a multinational collaborative experiment LIWEX’ 95 in the Levantine basin was undertaken in winter-spring 1995, focussing on the different phases of the process of formation of the Levantine Intermediate Water (LIW). This paper presents the results obtained pertaining to the water exchange between the Aegean and Levantine basins through the eastern straits of the Cretan Arc, where transport rates are also been calculated. In addition, modifications in the thermohaline properties of the deep waters related to the climatic changes in the characteristics of the open upper and closed deep thermohaline cells of the Eastern Mediterranean that began during late ‘80s, are evidenced.
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Manca, B., Theocharis, A., Brenner, S., Kontoyiannis, H., Sansone, E. (1999). Water Masses and Transports Between the Aegean and Levantine Basins During Liwex’ 95. In: Malanotte-Rizzoli, P., Eremeev, V.N. (eds) The Eastern Mediterranean as a Laboratory Basin for the Assessment of Contrasting Ecosystems. NATO Science Series, vol 51. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4796-5_36
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