Distortion of tidal currents and the lateral transfer of salt in a shallow coastal plain estuary (O Estuário do Mira, Portugal)

Estuaries

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 467-480

  Blanton, Jackson O ^a   Andrade, Francisco A ^b  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOOD WAVE; SALT; TIDAL CURRENT; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 0034928072     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353247     Document Type: Article

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