Hydrodynamic forcing and sediment character in Boston Harbor

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-42

  Ravens, Thomas M ^a,c   Madsen, Ole S ^a,c   Signell, Richard P ^b,c   Adams, E Eric ^a,c   Gschwend, Philip M ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ASCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; PORT; SEDIMENT;

HYDRODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT STRUCTURE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

USA, MASSACHUSETTS, BOSTON HARBOUR;

EID: 0031895872     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(1998)124:1(40)     Document Type: Article

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