Physical anatomy of fronts and surface waters in the ACC near the 6°W meridian during austral spring 1992

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 23-49

  Veth, C ^a   Peeken, I ^b   Scharek, R ^c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENTS; OCEANIC FRONTS; POLAR WATERS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN, ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT;

EID: 0031007451     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(96)00062-8     Document Type: Article

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