PLUME1.1: deposition of sediment from a fluvial plume

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-171

  Syvitski, James P ^a   Skene, Kenneth I ^b   Nicholson, Murray K ^c   Morehead, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Meridian Software Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; FORTRAN 77; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEDIMENT PLUME; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0031666364     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(97)00084-8     Document Type: Article

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