On the near-bottom variability in the northwestern Weddell Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 4767-4790

  Schroder M ^a   Hellmer, H H ^a   Absy, J M ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEAWATER; VENTILATION;

WATER-MASS EXPORT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0036407153     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00158-3     Document Type: Article

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