Stability and meromixis in a water-filled mine pit

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 946-954

  Stevens, C L ^a,b   Lawrence, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINING; POND; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0031695663     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.5.0946     Document Type: Article

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