Frontal observations of the Delaware Coastal Current source region

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1009-1021

  Sanders, Todd M ^a   Garvine, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COASTAL CURRENTS; ESTUARINE FRONT; SHELF DYNAMICS;

USA, DELAWARE, DELAWARE BAY;

EID: 0029767322     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-4343(95)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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