The horizontal distribution of bubbles in a shallow sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1051-1082

  Graham, A ^a   Hall, A J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES; HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION; MIXING; SHALLOW WATER;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0030812358     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(97)00006-X     Document Type: Article

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