The capture of current meander by coastal geometry with possible application to the Kuroshio Current
By: Toshio Yamagata and Shin-Ichiro Umatani
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v39i2.11749 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 161 - 169
Submitted on: May 4, 1985
Accepted on: Jun 17, 1986
Published on: Jan 1, 1987
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1987 Toshio Yamagata, Shin-Ichiro Umatani, published by Stockholm University Press
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