Morphology and asymmetry of the vertical tide in the Westerschelde estuary

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 2599-2609

  Wang, Zheng B ^a,b   Jeuken, M C J L ^a   Gerritsen, H ^a   De Vriend, H J ^a,b   Kornman, B A ^c  

^a Partner in Delft Cluster   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Geomorphology; Hypsometric curves; Shallow water tides; The Netherlands; Tidal asymmetry; Westerschelde estuary

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; TIDE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0036851724     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(02)00134-6     Document Type: Article

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