Modelling the dispersion of radionuclides by a river plume: Application to the Rhone river

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 25, Issue 12-13, 2005, Pages 1583-1603

  Perianez R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Hydrodynamics; Numerical modelling; Radionuclides; Rhone River; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RIVER DISCHARGE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHONE RIVER; WORLD;

EID: 22344433982     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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