A synthesis of the circulation and hydrography of the South Aegean Sea and the Straits of the Cretan Arc (March 1994-January 1995)

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 469-509

  Theocharis, Alexander ^a   Balopoulos, Efstathios ^a   Kioroglou, Soterios ^a   Kontoyiannis, Harilaos ^a   Iona, Athanassia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP-WATER MASS; HYDROGRAPHY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; STRAIT;

AEGEAN SEA; CRETAN ARC; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033510850     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(99)00041-5     Document Type: Review

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