Salt intrusion, tides and mixing in multi-channel estuaries

Salt Intrusion, Tides and Mixing in Multi-Channel Estuaries

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-159

  Nguyen, Anh Duc ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

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