Toward a generic method for studying water renewal, with application to the epilimnion of Lake Tanganyika

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 628-640

  Gourgue, Olivier ^a   Deleersnijder, Eric ^a,b   White, Laurent ^a,b  

^a Catholic University of Louvain   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

age; finite elements; Lake Tanganyika; reduced gravity model; residence time; water renewal

Indexed keywords

EPILIMNION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYPOLIMNION; RESIDENCE TIME; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE TANGANYIKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34547806686     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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