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1564:Observations
1559:Explorations
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1321:Ocean zones
1292:Slab window
1157:Hydrography
1097:Abyssal fan
1064:Tidal range
1054:Tidal power
1049:Tidal force
934:Rip current
869:Gulf Stream
829:Ekman layer
819:Downwelling
794:Baroclinity
781:Circulation
677:Wave height
667:Wave action
650:megatsunami
630:Stokes wave
590:Rossby wave
555:Kelvin wave
535:Green's law
83:Mississippi
1701:Categories
1569:Reanalysis
1468:Satellites
1449:Sofar bomb
1297:Subduction
1272:Ridge push
1167:Ocean bank
1147:Contourite
1074:Tide gauge
1059:Tidal race
1044:Tidal bore
1034:Slack tide
999:Earth tide
919:Ocean gyre
739:Wind setup
734:Wind fetch
697:Wave setup
692:Wave radar
687:Wave power
585:Rogue wave
515:Dispersion
417:2009-09-17
255:References
233:turbidites
151:newspapers
67:Bengal Fan
1431:Acoustics
1383:Sea level
1282:Slab pull
1219:tectonics
1127:Cold seep
1089:Landforms
966:Whirlpool
961:Upwelling
744:Wind wave
672:Wave base
600:Sea state
520:Edge wave
510:Cross sea
307:129735252
108:does not
89:Formation
71:Indus Fan
1664:Category
1616:Seawater
1343:Littoral
1338:Deep sea
1197:Seamount
1079:Tideline
1024:Rip tide
954:shutdown
924:Overflow
657:Undertow
500:Clapotis
332:(10): 4.
243:See also
1674:Commons
1544:Mooring
1494:Related
1485:Jason-3
1475:Jason-1
1358:Pelagic
1353:Oceanic
1328:Benthic
645:Tsunami
615:Soliton
382:Sources
357:Bibcode
287:Bibcode
165:scholar
129:removed
114:sources
1363:Photic
1192:Seabed
605:Seiche
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75:Amazon
49:, and
1554:Ocean
1523:Alvin
1373:Swash
1217:Plate
1162:Knoll
1152:Guyot
1107:Atoll
986:Tides
749:model
635:Swell
467:Waves
411:(PDF)
404:(PDF)
392:(PDF)
303:S2CID
224:sands
172:JSTOR
158:books
79:Congo
1521:DSV
1506:Argo
1368:Surf
824:Eddy
222:and
220:muds
144:news
112:any
110:cite
365:doi
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