Physical, chemical and sedimentological aspects of the Mediterranean outflow off Iberia

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 4163-4177

  Ambar, I ^a   Serra, N ^a   Brogueira, M J ^b   Cabecadas G ^b   Abrantes, F ^c   Freitas, P ^c   Goncalves C ^b   Gonzalez, N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^c Instituto Geologico e Mineiro   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THERMOANALYSIS;

GEOSTROPHIC COMPUTATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OUTFLOW; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 0036035564     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00148-0     Document Type: Article

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