Flocculation and the fate of drill mud discharges

Estuarine and Coastal Modeling: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 294-309

  Tedford, T ^a   Hannah, C G ^a   Milligan, T G ^a   Loder, J W ^a   Muschenheim, D K ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRILLING; FLOCCULATION; SEDIMENTS; VELOCITY;

DRILL MUD DISCHARGES; SEA FLOOR;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

EID: 0035786623     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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