On the intermediate and deep water flows in the South Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C6, 1997, Pages 12425-12440

  Larqué, Lionel ^a   Maamaatuaiahutapu, Keitapu ^b,c   Garçon, Véronique ^a  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; DEEP WATER MASSES; INTERMEDIATE WATER MASSES; MIXING;

ATLANTIC, (SOUTH);

EID: 0030728364     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00629     Document Type: Article

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