Detailed 2-D imaging of the Mediterranean outflow and meddies off W Iberia from multichannel seismic data

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 89-100

  Pinheiro, Luis Menezes ^a   Song, Haibin ^b   Ruddick, Barry ^c   Dubert, Jesus ^a   Ambar, Isabel ^d   Mustafa, Kamran ^a   Bezerra, Ronaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Internal waves; Meddy; Mediterranean Undercurrent; Seismic oceanography; Thermohaline intrusions

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL WAVES; MEDDY; MEDITERRANEAN UNDERCURRENT; SEISMIC OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMOHALINE INTRUSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SURFACE WATERS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

REFLECTION;

FLOW MODELING; IMAGING METHOD; INTERNAL WAVE; OUTFLOW; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEISMIC DATA; SHEAR FLOW; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNDERCURRENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350780302     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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