Lateral mixing in the Mississippi River below the confluence with the Ohio River

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Rathbun, R E ^a   Rostad, C E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Large rivers; Lateral diffusion factor; Lateral dispersion coefficient; Stream tube models

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); RIVERS;

DISPERSANTS; LATERAL DISPERSION COEFFICIENTS; LATERAL MIXING;

WATER RESOURCES;

DISPERSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MIXING; RIVER CHANNEL;

DISPERSION; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER CHANNEL;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942744701     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002381     Document Type: Article

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