Seasonal variation of hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics in a shallow subtropical estuary: The Ba Lat River, Vietnam

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 529-540

  Van Maren, D S ^a   Hoekstra, P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

estuaries; mixing; Red River Delta; river floods; sediment transport; stratification; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIFICATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; RED RIVER DELTA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 3042803921     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.02.011     Document Type: Article

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