Evidence for westward-flowing Weddell Sea Deep Water in the Falkland Trough, western South Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 643-654

  Cunningham, Alex P ^a   Barker, Peter F ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-CURRENT FLOW; DEEP-WATER MASSES; SEDIMENT DRIFT;

ATLANTIC, FALKLAND TROUGH;

EID: 0030466563     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0637(96)00034-9     Document Type: Article

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