On how the colorado river affected the hydrography of the upper Gulf of California

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1545-1560

  Lavin M F ^a   Sánchez, Salvador ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Colorado River Delta; Estuarine; Stratification

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; HYDROGRAPHY; RIVER DISCHARGE;

MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0344132576     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(99)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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