Benthic storms in the Greenland Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2109-2127

  Woodgate, Rebecca A ^a   Fahrbach, Eberhard ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BOTTOM CURRENT; CURRENT VELOCITY; STORM;

GREENLAND SEA;

EID: 0032730062     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00037-0     Document Type: Article

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