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OAS project Detail for MEDOC
projects_id: 350
Code: 252
Acronym: MEDOC
Name: Mediterranean Ocean Circulation
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Comments: Citation: MEDOC Group. Observations of formation of deep water in the mediterranean sea. Nature, 227:-1040, 1970.

Information obtained from: http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/paleo/ocean/node24.html

The data associated to this project appear to be from French cruises in the early 1970s (see: http://www.ifremer.fr/sismer/catal/campagne/indexpar2.htql?cpar=D05)

MEDOC has an unclear relationship to POEM project (projects_id=142). POEM was changed from NODC Code 0252 to CURRENTLY UNASSIGNED. DWC 12/11/2003
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Metadata version: 0
Keydate: 2003-12-09 23:13:27.172113+00
Editdate: 2003-12-11 21:28:23.634638+00