A suspended sediment budget for the modified subtropical Brisbane River estuary, Australia

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 513-522

  Eyre, B ^a   Hossain, S ^a   McKee, L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Estuary; Sediment budget; Sedimentation; Subtropical; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE ESTUARY; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0032192247     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1998.0371     Document Type: Article

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