Oceanography and sedimentation in the semi-enclosed, deep-water Gulf of Corinth (Greece)

Marine Geology

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 213-235

  Poulos, S E ^a   Collins, M B ^a   Pattiaratchi, C ^b   Cramp, A ^c   Gull, W ^c   Tsimplis, M ^d   Papatheodorou, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

currents; Greece; Gulf of Corinth; hydrology; sedimentology

Indexed keywords

CURRENTS; GRAIN SIZE; HYDROLOGY; MASS FLOW; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

GREECE, GULF OF CORINTH;

EID: 0030251158     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00028-X     Document Type: Article

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