Vertical mixing by internal wave breaking at the Lutocline, Jiaqjiang River Estuary, China

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1426-1431

  Jianhua, Jiang ^a   Wolanski, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Internal wave breaking; Lutocline; Turbulence collapse; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

ENTRAINMENT; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; INTERNAL WAVE; MIXING;

CHINA;

EID: 0031769514     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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