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A model study of the Rhine discharge front and downwelling circulation Cover

A model study of the Rhine discharge front and downwelling circulation

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|Jan 1994

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Language: English
Page range: 149 - 159
Submitted on: Dec 2, 1992
Accepted on: Jun 17, 1993
Published on: Jan 1, 1994
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1994 K. G. Ruddickh, E. Deleersnijder, T. de Mulder, P. J. Luyten, published by Stockholm University Press
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