Coastal upwelling process on a continental shelf limited by submarine canyons, Concepción, central Chile

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-20

  Sobarzo, Marcus ^a   Djurfeldt, Leif ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coastal upwelling; Local wind forcing; Submarine canyons

Indexed keywords

UPWELLING;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; CONCEPCION BAY [BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14744290989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002350     Document Type: Article

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