Density currents in the two-layer flow: An example of Dardanelles outflow

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-253

  Beşiktepe, Şükrü T ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dardanelles; Density current; Intrusion; Marmara sea

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENT; DENSITY CURRENT; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; OUTFLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRAIT;

DARDANELLES STRAIT; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

MARMARA;

EID: 0042849253     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-1784(03)00015-X     Document Type: Article

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