Sediment resuspension and transport in Lake Michigan during the unstratified period

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 791-805

  Hawley, Nathan ^a   Lee, Chang Hee ^b,c  

^a NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Coop Inst Limnology Ecosyst Res ^*  (United States)

^c Daesong Building   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bottom currents; Lake Michigan; Limnology; Resuspension; Sediment transport; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033376906     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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