The flow of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current over the North Scotia Ridge

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-28

  Smith, Inga J ^a,b   Stevens, David P ^a   Heywood, Karen J ^a   Meredith, Michael P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Antarctic Polar Front; North Scotia Ridge; Shag Rocks Passage; South Atlantic Ocean; Subantarctic Front; Volume transport

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; ANTARCTIC POLAR FRONT; ANTARCTIC POLAR FRONTS; SOUTH ATLANTIC; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

BATHYMETRY; ROCKS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; DEEP WATER; FLOW PATTERN; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; POLAR FRONT; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DRAKE PASSAGE; MALVINAS CURRENT; SCOTIA RIDGE; SHAG ROCKS; SOUTH GEORGIA;

EID: 72249123185     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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