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1630:Water column
1578:Oceanography
1553:Observations
1548:Explorations
1518:Marginal sea
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1301:Volcanic arc
1276:Slab suction
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1281:Slab window
1146:Hydrography
1086:Abyssal fan
1053:Tidal range
1043:Tidal power
1038:Tidal force
923:Rip current
858:Gulf Stream
818:Ekman layer
808:Downwelling
783:Baroclinity
770:Circulation
666:Wave height
656:Wave action
639:megatsunami
619:Stokes wave
579:Rossby wave
544:Kelvin wave
524:Green's law
72:Mississippi
1690:Categories
1558:Reanalysis
1457:Satellites
1438:Sofar bomb
1286:Subduction
1261:Ridge push
1156:Ocean bank
1136:Contourite
1063:Tide gauge
1048:Tidal race
1033:Tidal bore
1023:Slack tide
988:Earth tide
908:Ocean gyre
728:Wind setup
723:Wind fetch
686:Wave setup
681:Wave radar
676:Wave power
574:Rogue wave
504:Dispersion
406:2009-09-17
244:References
222:turbidites
140:newspapers
56:Bengal Fan
1420:Acoustics
1372:Sea level
1271:Slab pull
1208:tectonics
1116:Cold seep
1078:Landforms
955:Whirlpool
950:Upwelling
733:Wind wave
661:Wave base
589:Sea state
509:Edge wave
499:Cross sea
296:129735252
97:does not
78:Formation
60:Indus Fan
1653:Category
1605:Seawater
1332:Littoral
1327:Deep sea
1186:Seamount
1068:Tideline
1013:Rip tide
943:shutdown
913:Overflow
646:Undertow
489:Clapotis
321:(10): 4.
232:See also
1663:Commons
1533:Mooring
1483:Related
1474:Jason-3
1464:Jason-1
1347:Pelagic
1342:Oceanic
1317:Benthic
634:Tsunami
604:Soliton
371:Sources
346:Bibcode
276:Bibcode
154:scholar
118:removed
103:sources
1352:Photic
1181:Seabed
594:Seiche
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64:Amazon
38:, and
1543:Ocean
1512:Alvin
1362:Swash
1206:Plate
1151:Knoll
1141:Guyot
1096:Atoll
975:Tides
738:model
624:Swell
456:Waves
400:(PDF)
393:(PDF)
381:(PDF)
292:S2CID
213:sands
161:JSTOR
147:books
68:Congo
1510:DSV
1495:Argo
1357:Surf
813:Eddy
211:and
209:muds
133:news
101:any
99:cite
354:doi
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