Circulation pathways and transports of the Southern Ocean in the vicinity of the Southwest Indian Ridge

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C2, 2001, Pages 2881-2898

  Pollard, R T ^a   Read, J F ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SUBMARINE RIDGE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

AGULHAS RETURN CURRENT; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE;

EID: 0035085575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc900090     Document Type: Article

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