Antarctic bottom water flow through the Hunter Channel

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2785-2801

  Zenk, Walter ^a   Siedler, Gerold ^a,c   Lenz, Bernd ^a   Hogg, Nelson G ^b  

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

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; CHANNEL FLOW; DEEP WATER; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; HUNTER CHANNEL; RIO GRANDE RISE;

EID: 0033493518     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2785:ABWFTT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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