The Perú-Chile undercurrent and the oxigen minimum zone variability off central Chile

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Volumn 70, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 37-45

  Hormazábal, Samuel ^a   Shaffer, Gary ^a   Silva, Nelson ^b   Navarro, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

El Ni o La Ni a cycles; Oxygen minimum zone; Peru Chile undercurrent; Rossby waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148995528     PISSN: 0717652X     EISSN: 07176538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/s0717-65382006000300009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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