Deep CTD casts in the Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 447-454

  Taira, Keisuke ^a,c   Yanagimoto, Daigo ^b   Kitagawa, Shoji ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

CTD casts in Challenger Deep; Geostrophic shear in the deep trench; Sound speed in Challenger Deep; Temperature and salinity in Mariana Trench; Titanium alloy cable and the CTD winch system

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY; DEPTH DETERMINATION; SUBMARINE TROUGH; TEMPERATURE;

MARIANA TROUGH; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 24144441820     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-005-0053-z     Document Type: Article

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