Structure and transport of the Iceland Scotland Overflow plume along the Reykjanes Ridge in the Iceland Basin

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-93

  Kanzow, Torsten ^a,b   Zenk, Walter ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Current meter observations; Iceland Basin; North Atlantic; Overflow transport; Reykjanes Ridge

Indexed keywords

CURRENT METERS; ICELAND BASIN; NORTH ATLANTIC; OVERFLOW TRANSPORT; REYKJANES RIDGES;

ESTIMATION;

RIVERS;

DRAINAGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW STRUCTURE; FRACTURE ZONE; PLUME; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER FLOW; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND BASIN;

EID: 84897642628     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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