A simple model of the tracer flux from the Mururoa lagoon to the Pacific

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 13-17

  Deleersnijder, E ^a   Tartinville, B ^a   Rancher, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Commsrt à l'Energie Atomique ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Mururoa Atoll lagoon; Pacific; Residence time; Tracer transport; Turnover time

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002148862     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-9659(97)00076-1     Document Type: Article

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