Deep water exchange through the Owen Fracture Zone in the Arabian Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2805-2808

  Quadfasel, Detlef ^a   Fischer, Jürgen ^b   Schott, Friedrich ^b   Stramma, Lothar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

DEEP WATER EXCHANGE; OWEN FRACTURE ZONE;

OCEAN CURRENTS; FRACTURE;

DEEP-WATER MASSES; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; WATER EXCHANGE;

ARABIAN SEA, OWEN FRACTURE ZONE;

CARLSBERG RIDGES; DEEP WATER EXCHANGE; FRACTURE ZONE; HYDROGRAPHIC PROPERTIES; OWEN FRACTURE ZONES; RUGGED TOPOGRAPHY; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 0031278155     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01544     Document Type: Article

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