Near-boundary mixing above the flanks of a midlatitude seamount

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 947-959

  Toole, John M ^a   Schmitt, Raymond W ^a   Polzin, Kurt L ^a   Kunze, Eric ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXING PROCESSES; NEAR-BOTTOM BOUNDARY MIXING; SEAMOUNTS;

PACIFIC, FIEBERLING GUYOT;

EID: 0030910103     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jc03160     Document Type: Article

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