Updated bathymetry of the Anegada-Jungfern Passage complex and implications for Atlantic inflow to the abyssal Caribbean Sea

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 847-860

  Fratantoni, David M ^a   Zantopp, Rainer J ^b   Johns, William E ^b   Miller, Jerry L ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; ATLANTIC INFLOW; BATHYMETRY; DEEP-SEA CHANNELS;

CARIBBEAN SEA, ANEGADA-JUNGFERN PASSAGE;

EID: 0031405911     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240973224148     Document Type: Article

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