Saltwater intrusion in the Pearl River Estuary during winter

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-80

  Zhou, Wei ^a   Luo, Lin ^a   Xu, Hongzhou ^b   Wang, Dongxiao ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental Fluid Dynamic Code model; flushing time; freshwater inflow; material transport; residual current

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859480295     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634988.2012.649238     Document Type: Article

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