Simultaneous seismic reflection and physical oceanographic observations of oceanic fine structure in the Kuroshio extension front

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Nakamura, Y ^a   Noguchi, T ^a   Tsuji, T ^a   Itoh, S ^a   Niino, H ^a   Matsuoka, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; MAPPING; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEISMIC WAVES;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; GENERATOR-INJECTOR AIRGUN; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SEISMOGRAMS;

SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER MASS;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; OYASHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34548639940     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027437     Document Type: Article

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