Ocean internal wave spectra inferred from seismic reflection transects

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2005, Pages

  Holbrook, W Steven ^a   Fer, Ilker ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; BATHYMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); WATER WAVES;

BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS; INTERNAL WAVES; MARINE SEISMIC REFLECTION METHODS; THERMOHALINE FINESTRUCTURE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

INTERNAL WAVE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 25844510143     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023733     Document Type: Article

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