Transformation of dissolved and particulate materials on continental shelves influenced by large rivers: plume processes

Continental Shelf Research - Tập 24 Số 7-8 - Trang 833-858 - 2004
M. Dagg1, Ronald Benner2, Steven E. Lohrenz3, Deborah Lawrence1
1Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, 8124 Highway 56, Chauvin, LA 70344, USA,
2Department of Biological Sciences & Marine Science Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
3Department of Marine Science, University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529, USA

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