Floodtide pulses after low tides in shallow subembayments adjacent to deep channels

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-228

  Warner, John C ^a   Schoellhamer, David H ^a   Ruhl, Catherine A ^a   Burau, Jon R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floodtide pulse; San Francisco Bay, CA, USA; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHALLOW WATER; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL CURRENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542478286     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2003.12.011     Document Type: Article

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