Possible spreadings of buoyant plumes and local coastline sensitivities using flow syntheses from 1992 to 2007

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 195, Issue , 2011, Pages 245-255

  Tulloch, Ross ^a   Hill, Chris ^a   Jahn, Oliver ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84892647768     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GM001125     Document Type: Article

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