Temporal variability in currents and the benthic boundary layer at an abyssal station off central California

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 587-615

  Beaulieu, Stace ^a   Baldwin, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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EID: 0032053005     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(97)00095-7     Document Type: Article

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