Transports of the Brazil and Malvinas Currents at their confluence

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 417-438

  Maamaatuaiahutapu, K ^a,b   Garcon V ^a   Provost, C ^a   Mercier, H ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL-MALVINAS CONFLUENCE; GEOSTRAPHIC TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031663897     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224098321822366     Document Type: Article

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