Migration of intertidal sandbanks, Bahia Blanca Estuary, Argentina

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 155-163

  Cuadrado, Diana G ^a   Perillo, Gerardo M E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

bank evolution; bank migration; Ebb tidal delta; flood sinus; sediment transport; tidal currents

Indexed keywords

CHANNELS; ESTUARIES/INLETS-COASTAL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL FLOWS;

BANK MIGRATION; DELTAS; EBB TIDAL DELTA; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; INTERTIDAL SANDBANK; SAND BANKS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL DYNAMICS;

ARGENTINA, BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, BAHIA BLANCA ESTUARY;

EID: 0030621083     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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