Deep sections through the South Australian Basin and across the Australian-Antarctic Discordance

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2785-2788

  Schodlok, Michael P ^a   Tomczak, Matthias ^a   White, Neil ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; HEAT CONVECTION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATERS; AUSTRALIAN CONTINENTS; BOTTOM WATER; INDIAN OCEAN; SUBANTARCTIC MODE WATER; SUBTROPICAL FRONT; WATER MASS;

EARTH SCIENCES; OCEAN CURRENTS;

AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DISCORDANCE;

INFLOW; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; OCEANIC FRONTS; WATER MASSES; WOCE;

INDIAN OCEAN, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN, SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIDGE, AUSTRALIAN-ANTARCTIC DISCORDANCE;

EID: 0031277559     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01929     Document Type: Article

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