Kinematic elements of Antarctic Intermediate Water in the western South Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 355-392

  Boebel, Olaf ^a   Schmid, Claudia ^b,c   Zenk, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; INTERMEDIATE WATER MASS; KINEMATICS; TRAJECTORY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ARGENTINA (FISH);

EID: 0032954215     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00104-0     Document Type: Article

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