Numerical study of the circulation and sediment transport in the Mahanadi estuary

Natural Hazards

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-237

  Rao, A D ^a   Dash, Sujata ^b   Babu, S V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b Ministry of Defence   (India)

Author keywords

Estuarine circulation; Monsoon; Numerical modelling; River discharge; Salinity structure; Sediment load; Tidal phase; Tidal wave; Volume transport

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CYCLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHANADI ESTUARY; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 2942652718     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NHAZ.0000031315.73712.18     Document Type: Article

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