Meridional and zonal changes in water properties along the continental slope off central and northern Chile;Cambios latitudinales y zonales en los parámetros oceanográficos a lo largo del talud continental en la zona centro y norte de Chile

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 38, Issue 1 B, 2012, Pages 307-332

  Llanillo, P J ^a,b   Pelegri J L ^a,b   Duarte, C M ^b,c   Emelianov, M ^a   Gasser, M ^a   Gourrion, J ^a   Rodriguez Santana A ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Humboldt current system; Oxygen minimum zone; Quasi extended optimum multiparameter analysis; Water masses

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP WATER; INTERMEDIATE WATER; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MASS;

CHILE;

EID: 84859150891     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v38i1B.1814     Document Type: Article

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