Deep ocean circulation and transport where the East Pacific Rise at 9-10°N meets the Lamont seamount chain

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Lavelle, J W ^a   Thurnherr, A M ^b   Ledwell, J R ^c   McGillicuddy Jr , D J ^c   Mullineaux, L S ^c  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTICYCLONIC FLOW; CHOKE POINTS; DEEP-OCEAN CIRCULATION; EAST PACIFIC RISE; EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOW DIRECTION; HYDRODYNAMICAL MODEL; MEAN VELOCITIES; MODEL RESULTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; REGIONAL PATTERN; SEAMOUNT CHAINS; STEEP TOPOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TIME AND SPACE; TIME VARYING; TRACER DISPERSION; TRACER EXPERIMENT;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANTICYCLONE; DEEP SEA; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGRAPHY; ISOTHERM; JET FLOW; LARVAL TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEAMOUNT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRACER;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; LAMONT; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251640112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006426     Document Type: Article

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