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Recent oceanographic observations near the Antarctic continent renewed interest about the role of the high latitudes in climatic changes. In fact, the production of dense waters in the ocean at polar regions has a significant effect on the global deep ocean circulation (Whitworth et al. 1998). These water masses, which have relatively high concentrations of oxygen acquired from the atmosphere, flow away from Antarctic regions and sink. introducing water with near-surface characteristics into deep ocean. This process, called ventilation, is associated with important fluxes of heat, salt, nutrients and gases.
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Rivaro, P., Frache, R. (2002). Studies of Water Masses Mixing in the Ross Sea (Antarctica) Using Chemical Tracers. In: Gianguzza, A., Pelizzetti, E., Sammartano, S. (eds) Chemistry of Marine Water and Sediments. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04935-8_20
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