Characterisation of subsurface jet currents offshore West Africa

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 688-693

  Jeans, Gus ^a   Cooper, Cortis ^b  

^a Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

^b Energy Technology Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Current Profiles; Extreme Values; Subsurface Jets; West Africa

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; FUNCTION EVALUATION; JETS; WATER WAVES;

CURRENT PROFILES; EXTREME VALUES; SUBSURFACE JETS; WEST AFRICA;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

EID: 33646566331     PISSN: 10986189     EISSN: 15551792     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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