The mobilization and deposition of mud deposits in a coastal plain estuary

Limnologica

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 293-300

  Blanton, Jack ^a   Alexander, Clark ^a   Alber, Merryl ^a,b   Kineke, Gail ^a,c  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposition; Estuaries; Resuspension; Suspended sediments; Tidal processes

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ESTUARY; RESUSPENSION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CURRENT;

(SOUTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032724491     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0075-9511(99)80016-4     Document Type: Article

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