Langmuir circulation driving sediment entrainment into newly formed ice: Tank experiment results with application to nature (Lake Hattie, United States; Kara Sea, Siberia)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Dethleff, Dirk ^a   Kempema, E W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; ICE; MINERALOGY; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENTS; WIND STRESS;

ENTRAINMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LANGMUIR CIRCULATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE WIND; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; KARA SEA; LAKE HATTIE; NORTH AMERICA; SIBERIA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 34547888673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003259     Document Type: Article

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