Net sediment transport patterns over the Bohai Strait based on grain size trend analysis

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-212

  Cheng, Peng ^a   Gao, Shu ^b   Bokuniewicz, Henry ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bohai Strait; Grain size trend analysis; Sediment transport; Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRAIT; TREND ANALYSIS;

BOHAI SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 2542467055     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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