The concept of age in marine modelling I. Theory and preliminary model results

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 229-267

  Deleersnijder, Eric ^a   Campin, Jean Michel ^a   Delhez, Eric J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age; Age of seawater; English Channel; North Sea; Radioisotope; Tracer; World Ocean

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; MIXING; PRODUCTION; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; SEAWATER;

EULERIAN THEORY;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

FLOW; MODELING; SEAWATER;

EID: 0034944088     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(01)00026-4     Document Type: Article

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