Energetic plumes over the western Ross Sea continental slope

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 2004, Pages

  Gordon, Arnold L ^a   Zambianchi, Enrico ^b   Orsi, Alejandro ^c   Visbeck, Martin ^a   Giulivi, Claudia F ^a   Whitworth III, Thomas ^c   Spezie, Giancarlo ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

4207 Oceanography: General Arctic and Antarctic oceanography; 4211 Oceanography: General: Benthic boundary layers; 4283 Oceanography: General: Water masses; 4500 Oceanography: Physical

Indexed keywords

SEAWATER; SPEED CONTROL; THERMAL PLUMES; GEOPHYSICS;

BENTHIC PLUMES; CONTINENTAL SLOPES; ENERGETIC PLUMES; ISOBATHS;

GEOPHYSICS; EARTH SCIENCES;

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; WATER MASS;

OCEANIC REGIONS; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ANTARCTICA; AVERAGE ANGLE; BENTHIC PLUMES; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP WATER; ENERGETIC PLUMES; SHELF WATERS;

EID: 13244292500     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020785     Document Type: Article

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