Horizontal mixing of great Barrier Reef waters: Offshore diffusivity determined from radium isotope distribution

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Hancock, Gary J ^a   Webster, Ian T ^a   Stieglitz, Thomas C ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; ISOTOPES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEAWATER;

BARRIER REEF; COASTAL WATER; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSIVITY; MIXING; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; RADIUM ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 34447525213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003608     Document Type: Article

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