Shelf-slope exchanges by frontal variability in a steep submarine canyon

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 120-141

  Jordi, A ^a   Orfila, A ^a   Basterretxea, G ^a   Tintore J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Frontal variability; Northwestern Mediterranean; Numerical coastal ocean model; Shelf slope exchange; Submarine canyon

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; JETS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OSCILLATIONS; SLOPE STABILITY; SURFACE WATERS;

SHELF-SLOPE EXCHANGES; SHORE FLUXES; SUBMARINE CANYONS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 23444445659     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2004.07.009     Document Type: Article

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