On the hydrographic distribution in the source region of the Delaware coastal current

Estuaries

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 194-205

  Wong, Kuo Chuin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAY; COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL CURRENT; HYDROGRAPHY;

DELAWARE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032831032     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352976     Document Type: Article

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