Abyssal circulation in the Argentine Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue C8, 1998, Pages 15845-15851

  Smythe Wright, Denise ^a   Boswell, Stephen ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; DEEP WATER; WATER MASS;

ARGENTINE BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 1542674330     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc00142     Document Type: Article

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