Thermocline penetration by buoyant plumes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1723, 1997, Pages 443-458

  Speer, Kevin G ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANT PLUME; PLUMES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST ANOMALIES; SUBMARINE VOLCANISM; SUBMARINE VOLCANOES; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 0030815902     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1997.0016     Document Type: Article

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