Benthic front and the Yamato Basin Bottom Water in the Japan Sea

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1047-1058

  Senjyu, Tomoharu ^a   Isoda, Yutaka ^b   Aramaki, Takafumi ^c,d   Otosaka, Shigeyoshi ^c   Fujio, Shinzo ^e   Yanagimoto, Daigo ^e   Suzuki, Takashi ^c   Kuma, Kenshi ^b   Mori, Kosuke ^f  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benthic front; Bottom Water; Box model; Deep circulation; Geothermal heating; Japan Sea; Oxygen consumption; Vertical diffusivity; Water mass modification; Yamato Basin

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; DEEP WATER; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; YAMATO BASIN;

EID: 23944490205     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-006-0021-2     Document Type: Article

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