Spatial structure of hydrography and flow in a Chilean fjord, Estuario Reloncaví

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-126

  Valle Levinson, Arnoldo ^a   Sarkar, Nandita ^b   Sanay, Rosario ^c   Soto, Doris ^d,e   León, Jorge ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; FJORD; FLOW; HYDROGRAPHY; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL CYCLE;

CHILE; RELONCAVI ESTUARY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34247242050     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02782972     Document Type: Article

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