Experiments on waves trapped over the continental slope and shelf in a continuously stratified rotating ocean, and their incidence on a canyon

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 585-612

  Codiga, Daniel L ^a   Renouard, Dominique P ^b   Fincham, Adam M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Institut de Mecanique de Grenoble   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; SUBMARINE CANYON; TRAPPED WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0033402283     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224099321549602     Document Type: Article

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