Sediment trapping and bypassing characteristics of a stable tidal inlet at Kaohsiung Harbor, Taiwan

Marine Geology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 367-390

  Liu, James T ^a   Hou, Li Hua ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EOF analysis; Grain size distribution; Inlet bypassing; Inlet trapping; Littoral drift; Tidal inlet

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; HARBOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL FLOW;

BYPASSING PATTERNS; COASTAL SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENT TRAPPING; TIDAL INLET; TIDAL INLETS;

TAIWAN, KAOHSIUNG HARBOUR;

EID: 0030880113     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00027-3     Document Type: Article

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