Deep and bottom currents in the Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench, measured with super-deep current meters

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 919-926

  Taira, Keisuke ^a,d   Kitagawa, Shoji ^b   Yamashiro, Toru ^c   Yanagimoto, Daigo ^b  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Challenger Deep; Current meter mooring; Deep and bottom currents in the trench; Mariana Trench; Super deep current meters

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; OCEANIC CURRENT;

MARIANA TROUGH; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 22844452602     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-005-0001-y     Document Type: Article

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