The intertidal erosion rate of cohesive sediment: A case study from Long Island Sound

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 891-896

  Wang, Y H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cohesive sediment; Erosion rate; Estuary; Tidal current; Wave current interaction

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM STRESS; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBIDITY; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

CONNECTICUT; LONG ISLAND SOUND; NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042126867     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00215-9     Document Type: Article

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