Transport of anomalous low-salinity waters from the Mississippi River flood of 1993 to the Straits of Florida

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1065-1085

  Gilbert, Paula S ^a   Lee, Thomas N ^a   Podestá, Guillermo P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODWATERS; LOW-SALINITY WATERS; RIVER DISCHARGE; TRANSPORT;

STRAITS OF FLORIDA;

FLOODS; LOW; MISSISSIPPI; RIVERS; SALINITY; SEA STRAITS;

EID: 0029656883     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-4343(95)00056-9     Document Type: Article

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