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DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1985.9516077

Abstract

The paper reviews the physical oceanography of the seas around New Zealand as known up to 1982 and includes: deep‐ocean water characteristics and mean flow; fronts, tides, and coastal and continental shelf oceanography; and waves and tsunamis.

Citation format

HEATH, R. A. A review of the physical oceanography of the seas around new zealand ― 1982. NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH, 1985, 19: 79–124.