Northward abyssal transport through the Samoan passage and adjacent regions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C6, 1996, Pages 14039-14055

  Roemmich, Dean ^a   Hautala, Susan ^b   Rudnick, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW; OCEANS;

DEEP-WATER MASSES; MIXING; NORTHWARD ABYSSAL FLOW; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

PACIFIC, SAMOAN PASSAGE;

EID: 0029839275     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC00797     Document Type: Article

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