Circulation in the French mediterranean coastal zone near Marseilles: The influence of wind and the Northern Current

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 587-610

  Alberola C ^a   Millot, C ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

43.0 43.2 N 5.2 5.4 E; Bay; Circulation; Mediterranean Sea; Shelf

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CURRENT VELOCITY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CASSIS;

EID: 0242668685     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(03)00002-5     Document Type: Article

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