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3. The Northern Shelf and Slope Currents of the South China Sea

Author : Dongxiao Wang

Published in: Ocean Circulation and Air-Sea Interaction in the South China Sea

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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Abstract

Cyclonic circulation exists in the northern part of the South China Sea all year round (Su, Cont Shelf Res 24:1745–1760, 2004), the continental slope current is the northern flank of the cyclonic circulation in the northern South China Sea, located on the continental slope outside Dongsha Islands—Hainan Island—Jinsha Bay, with a depth of 200–1000 m.

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Title: The Northern Shelf and Slope Currents of the South China Sea
Author: Dongxiao Wang
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Book: Ocean Circulation and Air-Sea Interaction in the South China Sea
Print ISBN: 978-981-19-6261-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-19-6262-2

Copyright Year: 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6262-2_3