A modelling study on hydrodynamics and pollutant dispersion in the Suez Canal

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Abril, J M ^a   Abdel Aal, M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Numerical model; Pollutant dispersal; Suez canal; Tidal waterways; Tracing

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; DIFFUSION; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; KINETIC MODEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLUTONIUM; SAFETY; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HYDRODYNAMICS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING;

EGYPT;

EID: 0034599710     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00222-7     Document Type: Article

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