On the origin of the radial sand ridges in the southern Yellow Sea: Results from the modeling of the paleoradial tidal current fields off the Paleo-Yangtze River Estuary and northern Jiangsu coast

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1245-1256

  Zhu, Yurong ^a   Chen, Qingqiang ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

East China Sea; Numerical simulation; Radial sand ridges; Tidal current; Yangtze River; Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SANDBANK; TIDAL CURRENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 27744581851     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/02-0054.1     Document Type: Article

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