On the deep water circulation of the eastern South Atlantic Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 889-916

  Arhan, Michel ^a   Mercier, Herlé ^a   Park, Young Hyang ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Circulation; Current; Hydrography; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCULATION; CURRENT; DEEP WATER; FLOW PATTERN; HYDROGRAPHY;

(SOUTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0242339743     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(03)00072-4     Document Type: Article

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