Mudbanks of the southwest coast of India. VI: Suspended sediment profiles

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1363-1372

  Li, Yigong ^a,c   Parchure, Trimbak M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^c Moffatt & Nichol Engineers   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesive sediment; Fluid mud; Kerala; Lutocline; Monsoon; Rheology; Sediment entrainment; Sediment resuspension; Sediment settling; Wave damping; Wave mud interaction

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EVOLUTION; ENTRAINMENT; MUD MOUND; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 0031771957     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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