Dense saline plumes in Exuma Sound, Bahamas

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C5, 2000, Pages 11471-11488

  Hickey, B M ^a   MacCready, P ^a   Elliott, E ^a   Kachel, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXING; PLUME; SALINE INTRUSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BAHAMAS; EXUMA SOUND;

EID: 0033673287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc900004     Document Type: Article

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