Oceanography of the Black Sea: A review of some recent results

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 231-272

  Özsoy, Emin ^a   Ünlüata, Ümit ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Circulation; Climatic variability; Convection; Currents; Ecosystems; Mixing

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; INLAND SEAS; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 0031413745     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(97)81859-4     Document Type: Review

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