Nepheloid Layers

Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 8-18

  McCave, I N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Boundary scavenging; Canyon; Continental margin; Floc; Internal waves; Inversions; Light attenuation; Light scattering; Marine snow; Mixed layer; Nephelometry; Sediment; Suspension; Transmissometry; Turbidity; Turbulent diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884434376     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012374473-9.00671-8     Document Type: Chapter

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