Slope and roughness statistics of the northern Gulf of Mexico seafloor with some oceanographic implications

Gulf of Mexico Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-44

  Lugo Fernández, Alexis ^a   Morin, Michelle M ^a  

^a Office of Leasing and Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ROSSBY WAVE; ROUGHNESS; SEAFLOOR; WATER DEPTH; WAVELENGTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 4444311689     PISSN: 1087688X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18785/goms.2201.03     Document Type: Article

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