Modeling of the bottom water flow through the Romanche fracture zone with a primitive equation model-Part I: Dynamics

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 837-862

  Ferron, B ^a   Mercier, H ^a   Treguier, A M ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Satellite   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE ZONE; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ROMANCHE FRACTURE ZONE;

EID: 0034471712     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224000763485728     Document Type: Article

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