Currents in monterey submarine canyon

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Xu, J P ^a   Noble, Marlene A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; FLOORS; FLOW FIELDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; SUBMARINES;

BAROCLINIC; BAROCLINIC TIDES; CANYON WALLS; CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HIGH-SPEED; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; MEAN CURRENTS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STRONG CURRENTS; SUBMARINE CANYON; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIDAL FREQUENCIES; TOTAL ENERGY; WATER DEPTH;

TIDAL POWER;

FLOW FIELD; INTERNAL TIDE; OCEANIC CURRENT; SUBMARINE CANYON; TIDAL CURRENT; WATER DEPTH;

MONTEREY CANYON; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 67649205032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004992     Document Type: Article

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