Fast deep sinking in Mediterranean eddies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  van Haren, Hans ^a   Millot, Claude ^b   Taupier Letage, Isabelle ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CATCHMENTS; MOORING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SNOW;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; DEEP SINKING; MARINE SNOW; MEDITERRANEAN EDDIES; MESOSCALE EDDIES;

GEOPHYSICS;

EDDY; WATER MASS;

EID: 33645644817     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025367     Document Type: Article

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