Evaluation of an inner shelf site off Tauranga Harbour, New Zealand, for disposal of muddy-sandy dredged sediments

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 830-838

  Michels, Klaus H ^a   Healy, Terry R ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bed shear stress; Cohesive dredge spoil; Disposal; Threshold velocity

Indexed keywords

DREDGE SPOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HARBOR; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DREDGE SPOIL; SITE INVESTIGATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032774678     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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