OBSERVATIONS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN INFLOW INTO THE BLACK-SEA

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1991-01-01

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LATIF, MA
OZSOY, E
OGUZ, T
UNLUATA, U

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The Mediterranean inflow issuing from the Bosphorus Strait has been documented to enter the Black Sea essentially confined in a 10-km long channel which is a continuation of the strait over the adjacent shelf. The width of the channel is between 500 and 1000 m. A 3.5-km-long sill, with a depth of 60 m, is situated in the channel at its beginning, just north of the end of the strait. The Mediterranean water flows into the Black Sea essentially on a continuous basis throughout the year, but it may be interrupted for short durations under unusually strong and persistent winds. After existing from the channel, the Mediterranean inflow spreads in a thin layer above the bottom and continues in a generally northerly direction towards the shelf break.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/67649

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DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART A-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s0198-0149(10)80005-6

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Graduate School of Marine Sciences, Article

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M. LATIF, E. OZSOY, T. OGUZ, and U. UNLUATA, “OBSERVATIONS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN INFLOW INTO THE BLACK-SEA,” DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART A-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS, pp. 0–0, 1991, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/67649.