Groundwater outflow and its linkage to coastal circulation in a mangrove-fringed creek in Kenya

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-75

  Kitheka, J U ^a  

^a KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Ebb and flood tide currents; Groundwater circulation; Kenya coast; Salinity anomalies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032128006     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1998.0325     Document Type: Article

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