The drift of Modified Atlantic Water from the Alboran Sea to the eastern Mediterranean

Scientia Marina

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-216

  Font, J ^a   Millot, C ^b   Salas, J ^a   Julia A ^a   Chic, O ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b F   (France)

Author keywords

Algerian basin; Lagrangian drifters; Western Mediterranean circulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001059642     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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