Hydrographic changes during 20 years in the brine-filled basins of the Red Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1779-1792

  Anschutz, Pierre ^a   Blanc, Gérard ^a   Chatin, Fabienne ^b   Geiller, Magali ^b   Pierret, Marie Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINE; HEAT FLUX; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

RED SEA;

EID: 0032853568     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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