A numerical study of circulation driven by mixing over a submarine bank

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 745-769

  Cummins, Patrick F ^a   Foreman, Michael G G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; MIXING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 0032052875     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00102-7     Document Type: Article

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