The shelf break front to the east of the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 799-819

  Brandon, Mark A ^a   Murphy, Eugene J ^a   Whitehouse, Michael J ^a   Trathan, Philip N ^a   Murray, Alistair W A ^a   Bone, Douglas G ^a   Priddle, Julian ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; SHELF BREAK FRONT;

SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS;

EID: 0033135866     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(98)00112-5     Document Type: Article

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