Circulation over a submarine canyon in the NW Mediterranean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Flexas, M M ^a   Boyer, D L ^b   Espino, M ^c   Puigdefabregas J ^c   Rubio, A ^c   Company, J B ^d  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURVEYS; VORTEX FLOW;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SHELF BREAK; SUBMARINE CANYON; THERMOCLINE; UPWELLING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 61849119672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003998     Document Type: Article

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