Inflows/outflows at the transition between a coastal plain estuary and the coastal ocean

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1819-1847

  Valle Levinson, Arnoldo ^a   Klinck, John M ^a   Wheless, Glen H ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE-OCEAN TRANSITION; INFLOW; OUTFLOW;

EID: 0030582221     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-4343(96)00016-7     Document Type: Article

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