Europe's grand canyon: Nazaré submarine vitório valley canyon

Oceanography

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-57

  Tyler, Paul ^a   Amaro, Teresa ^b   Arzola, Raquel ^a   Cunha, Marina R ^a   de Stigter, Henko ^c   Gooday, Andrew ^a   Huvenne, Veerle ^a   Ingels, Jeroen ^d   Kiriakoulakis, Kostas ^e   Lastras, Galderic ^f   Masson, Douglas ^a   Oliveira, Anabela ^g   Pattenden, Abigail ^a   Vanreusel, Ann ^d   van Weering, Tjeerd ^e   Vitorino, Joao ^g   Witte, Ursula ^h   Wolff, George ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g INSTITUTO HIDROGRÁFICO   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 68049145014     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2009.05     Document Type: Article

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