On the presence of a coastal current of Levantine intermediate water in the central Tyrrhenian Sea

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-290

  Serravall, Roberta ^a   Cristofalo, Giovanni Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Levantine Intermediate Water; Margules; Tyrrhenian

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENT; INTERMEDIATE WATER MASS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 0033136829     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-1784(99)80052-8     Document Type: Article

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