Tidal motions and tidally induced fluxes through la Línea submarine canyon, western Alboran Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C2, 1999, Pages 3109-3119

  García Lafuente, Jesús ^a   Sarhan, Tarek ^a   Vargas, Manuel ^a   Vargas, Juan M ^a   Plaza, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; SHELF DYNAMICS; SUBMARINE CANYON; TIDAL CURRENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ALBORAN SEA; LA LINEA CANYON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84957824283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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