Sedimentation on a growing intertidal island in the Yangtze River mouth

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 401-410

  Yang, S L ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accretion rate; Intertidal zone; River mouth; Sedimentation; The Yangtze River estuary; Tidal marsh

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; GRAIN SIZE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENTATION; VEGETATION COVER;

CHANGJIANG ESTUARY; CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 0032825394     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1999.0501     Document Type: Article

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