Buoyant discharge on the inner continental shelf: A frontal model

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-33

  Garvine, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANT WATER; FRONTAL MODEL; INNER SHELF; RIVER DISCHARGE; SHELF DYNAMICS;

EID: 0029773249     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240963213457     Document Type: Article

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