Sediment flux and bed level measurements from a macro tidal mudflat

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 667-688

  Christie, M C ^a   Dyer, K R ^a   Turner, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deposition; Erosion; Humber Estuary; Measurement; Morphology; Mudflats; Sediment transport; Waves

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EROSION; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MUDFLAT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ENGLAND; HUMBER ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033397942     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1999.0525     Document Type: Article

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