The continental slope current system between Cape Verde and the Canary Islands;El sistema de corrientes de talud continental entre Cabo Verde y las Islas Canarias

Scientia Marina

Volumn 76, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 65-78

  Peña Izquierdo, Jesús ^a   Pelegrí, Josep L ^a   Pastor, Maria V ^a   Castellanos, Paola ^a   Emelianov, Mikhail ^a   Gasser, Marc ^a   Salvador, Joaquín ^a   Vázquez Domínguez, Evarist ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boundary circulation; Cape Verde frontal system; Central water mass; Continental slope; Northwest Africa; Poleward Undercurrent

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THERMOCLINE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; UNDERCURRENT; WATER MASS;

CANARY ISLANDS; CAPE VERDE; SPAIN;

EID: 84865344870     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03607.18C     Document Type: Article

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