Suspended particulate matter and dynamics of the Mfolozi estuary, KwaZulu-Natal: Implications for environmental management

Environmental Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-51

  Lindsay, P ^a   Mason, T R ^a   Pillay, S ^b   Wright, C I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Density fronts; Mfolozi Estuary; Shear stress; Suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FRONT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SHEAR STRESS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA, NATAL, MFOLOZI ESTUARY;

EID: 0029667475     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050077     Document Type: Article

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