Physical oceanography of the Amazon shelf

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 575-616

  Geyer, W Rockwell ^a   Beardsley, Robert C ^a   Lentz, Steven J ^a   Candela, Julio ^a   Limeburner, Richard ^a   Johns, William E ^b   Castro, Belmiro M ^c   Soares, Ivan Dias ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVER DISCHARGE; TIDES;

ATLANTIC, AMAZON SHELF;

EID: 0029769694     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-4343(95)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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