Recent sedimentation beneath the Deep Western Boundary Current off northern New Zealand

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1203-1237

  McCave, I N ^a   Carter, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; SEDIMENTATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

PACIFIC, (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 0030843906     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00011-3     Document Type: Article

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