Suspended sediment variability on seasonal and tidal time scales in the Winyah Bay estuary, South Carolina, USA

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 307-318

  Patchineelam, Soraya M ^a   Kjerfve, Bjorn ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuaries; South Carolina; Tides; Turbidity maximum; Winyah Bay

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBIDITY;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WINYAH BAY;

EID: 1642505628     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

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