Salt transport and the time-dependent salt balance of a partially stratified estuary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Bowen, Melissa M ^a   Geyer, W Rockwell ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuarine circulation; Salt balance; Salt transport; Spring neap tidal cycle

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SALINE INTRUSION;

HUDSON ESTUARY; NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042324130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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