Advances in research on the deep South China Sea circulation

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 3115-3120

  Tian, JiWei ^a   Qu, TangDong ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bashi Channel; deep South China Sea circulation; energy transport; mass transport; topography; turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865808247     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5269-x     Document Type: Review

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