A preliminary sediment budget for the Winyah Bay estuary, South Carolina, USA

Marine Geology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 133-144

  Patchineelam, Soraya M ^a   Kjerfve, Björn ^a   Gardner, L Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

210Pb coring; Estuary; Sedimentation rates; Suspended sediment budget

Indexed keywords

DREDGING; ESTUARY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

DREDGING; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FRESHWATER INPUT; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033507602     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00059-6     Document Type: Article

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