Flow modification and shelf-slope exchange induced by a submarine canyon off the northeast Spanish coast

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C5, 1996, Pages 12043-12055

  Alvarez, A ^b   Tintore J ^b   Sabates A ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC JET; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SHELF-SLOPE EXCHANGE; SUBMARINE CANYONS;

SPAIN, NORTHEAST;

EID: 0029854032     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JC03554     Document Type: Article

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