Fluvial contribution to the sediment budget of the Tay Estuary, Scotland, assessed using mineral magnetic fingerprinting

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 291, 2005, Pages 134-140

  Jenkins, Pierre A ^a   Duck, Robert W ^a   Rowan, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bed sediment; Fluvial contribution; Magnetic fingerprinting; Scotland; Sediment budget; Tay estuary

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; FLOODS; LAKES; MINERALS; NATURAL RESOURCES; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BED SEDIMENTS; FLUVIAL CONTRIBUTION; MAGNETIC FINGERPRINTING; SCOTLAND, EUROPE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT FINGERPRINTING; TAY ESTUARY;

SEDIMENTS;

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; TAY ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17044379775     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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