The evolution of the bottom boundary layer on the sloping continental shelf: A numerical study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C8, 1996, Pages 18061-18077

  Middleton, John F ^a   Ramsden, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONTINENTAL SHELF;

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BOTTOM STRESS; NUMERICAL STUDY; SHELF DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030468887     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC01272     Document Type: Article

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