Hydrography and circulation of the West Antarctic Peninsula Continental Shelf

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 925-949

  Smith, David A ^a   Hofmann, Eileen E ^a   Klinck, John M ^a   Lascara, Cathy M ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; GYRE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; TOPOGRAPHY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0033151313     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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