Near-inertial motions in and around the Palamós submarine canyon (NW Mediterranean) generated by a severe storm

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2523-2534

  Jordi, Antoni ^a   Wang, Dong Ping ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inertial currents; Northwestern Mediterranean; Palam s canyon; Submarine canyons; Wind driven currents

Indexed keywords

CANYON; INTERNAL WAVE; MOORING SYSTEM; STORM; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 51249114292     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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