Controls on stratification in the Rhine ROFI system

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 311-323

  Souza, Alejandro J ^a   Simpson, John H ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Coastal current; Dutch coast; Mixing; North Sea; Stratification

Indexed keywords

MIXING; MIXING PROCESSES; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; RIVER DISCHARGE; STRATIFICATION;

NETHERLANDS, RHINE RIVER; NORTH SEA, RHINE OUTFLOW;

EID: 0030833167     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(96)00105-4     Document Type: Article

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