A steady state two-dimensional model for the maintenance of shelf break fronts

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1119-1139

  Willmott, A J ^a,b   Collings, I L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODEL; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SHELF EDGE FRONTS;

EID: 0030875456     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(96)00068-4     Document Type: Article

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