Flow and recirculation of antarctic intermediate water across the rio grande rise

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C9, 1997, Pages 20967-20986

  Boebel, Olaf ^b   Schmid, Claudia ^a   Zenk, Walter ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; CIRCULATION; FLOW FIELD; INTERMEDIATE WATER MASSES; RECIRCULATION; WOCE;

ATLANTIC, RIO GRANDE RISE;

EID: 0031411577     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00977     Document Type: Article

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