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The results of observations of submesoscale eddies (with a diameter of 2–8 km) on the narrow Black Sea shelf are presented. These observations were carried out in the Gelendzhik region in the autumn seasons of 2007–2008 using traditional and new methods of hydrophysical investigations. The mechanisms of generation of such eddies are discussed.
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Original Russian Text © A.G. Zatsepin, V.I. Baranov, A.A. Kondrashov, A.O. Korzh, V.V. Kremenetskiy, A.G. Ostrovskii, D.M. Soloviev, 2011, published in Okeanologiya, 2011, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 592–605.
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Zatsepin, A.G., Baranov, V.I., Kondrashov, A.A. et al. Submesoscale eddies at the caucasus Black Sea shelf and the mechanisms of their generation. Oceanology 51, 554–567 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437011040205
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