Currents in Stratified Water Bodies 1: Density-Driven Flows

Encyclopedia of Inland Waters

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 530-538

  Peeters, F ^a   Kipfer, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deep water renewal; Density plumes; Differential cooling; Intrusions; River inflows; Thermal bar; Thermal baricity; Turbidity currents

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249232549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370626-3.00080-6     Document Type: Chapter

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