Sediment resuspension and implications for turbidity maximum in the Changjiang Estuary

Marine Geology

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 117-124

  Jiufa, Li ^a   Chen, Zhang ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanjing Inst of Geogr/Limnology   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang Estuary; Sediment concentration; Sediments; Turbidity maximum

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY;

CHINA, CHANGJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 0032127316     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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