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Bottom Boundary Layer Processes

Bottom Boundary Layer Processes is a physical oceanographic framework that characterizes the dynamics of fluid motion, sediment transport, and turbulent exchange within the thin layer of water adjacent to the seabed, where hydrodynamic interactions with bed topography and substrate properties govern the behavior of estuarine and continental shelf systems.

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The Continental-Shelf Bottom Boundary Layer

William D. Grant, Ole Secher Madsen · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 1986 · 622 citations

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Transport and transformation of dissolved and particulate materials on continental margins influenced by major rivers: benthic boundary layer and seabed processes

Brent A. McKee, Robert C. Aller, Mead A. Allison et al. · Continental Shelf Research · 2004 · 444 citations

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A Simple Theory for the Fate of Buoyant Coastal Discharges*

Alexander E. Yankovsky, David Chapman · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 1997 · 433 citations · Full text

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Wave-current interaction within and outside the bottom boundary layer

R.L. Soulsby, Luc Hamm, G. Klopman et al. · Coastal Engineering · 1993 · 380 citations

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Transport of particles across continental shelves

Charles A. Nittrouer, Lynn Donelson Wright · Reviews of Geophysics · 1994 · 344 citations · Full text

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    Steven J. Lentz

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    10 publications · 677 citations

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  2. DC
    David Chapman

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    8 publications · 943 citations

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  3. GL
    Georges L. Weatherly

    Florida State University, United States

    7 publications · 680 citations

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  4. JK
    Jody Klymak

    University of Victoria, Canada

    6 publications · 797 citations

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  5. HV
    Hans van Haren

    Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands

    6 publications · 169 citations

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Institutions

402

  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    26 h-index

    83 publications

    4.8K citations

  2. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    21 h-index

    70 publications

    5.7K citations

  3. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    12 h-index

    25 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    29 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. National Oceanography Centre

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    20 publications

    753 citations

  6. Dalhousie University

    Halifax, Canada

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    740 citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    965 citations

  8. University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory

    Seattle, United States

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    1.2K citations

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  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    93 publications · 5.6K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 73 publications · 4.5K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

    31 publications · 1K citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    24 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    20 publications · 1.2K citations

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