Hydrological and dynamical characteristics of the River Louros plume, western Greece

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-143

  Poulos, S ^a   Collins, M B ^b   Leontaris, S ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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