Rapid vertical mixing rates in deep waters of the Andaman Basin

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 384, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 401-408

  Dutta, Koushik ^a   Bhushan, Ravi ^a   Somayajulu, B L K ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Andaman Sea; Bay of Bengal; Diffusion advection model; Heat flow; Internal waves; Radiocarbon; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; RADIOISOTOPES; TIDAL POWER; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER RESOURCES;

ANDAMAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; DIFFUSION-ADVECTION MODELS; INTERNAL WAVES; VERTICAL MIXING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CARBON 14; WATER;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; DEEP WATER; HEAT FLOW; INTERNAL WAVE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; TIDAL CURRENT; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER MASS;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; INDIAN OCEAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; INDIAN OCEAN; NITRATES; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; SILICATES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ANDAMAN SEA; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 34548019925     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.04.041     Document Type: Article

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