Topographic control of oceanic flows in deep passages and straits

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 423-440

  Whitehead, J A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; SEAFLOOR; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

FORECASTING;

ABYSSAL PLAINS; BI-DIRECTIONAL FLOWS; CONDUCTIVITY-TEMPERATURE-DEPTH DATUM; CRITICAL FLOW; CURRENT METERS; FRACTURE ZONE; TOPOGRAPHIC CONTROL; UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW;

FLOW OF WATER;

EID: 0031789176     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RG01014     Document Type: Article

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