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4 - Saline intrusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2009

David Prandle
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University of Liverpool
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Estuaries
Dynamics, Mixing, Sedimentation and Morphology
, pp. 78 - 122
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

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  • Saline intrusion
  • David Prandle, University of Liverpool
  • Book: Estuaries
  • Online publication: 01 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511576096.004
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  • Saline intrusion
  • David Prandle, University of Liverpool
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  • David Prandle, University of Liverpool
  • Book: Estuaries
  • Online publication: 01 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511576096.004
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