Undular tidal bore dynamics in the Daly Estuary, Northern Australia

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 629-636

  Wolanski, Eric ^a   Williams, David ^b   Spagnol, Simon ^a   Chanson, Hubert ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b Natural Resources Division   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

recirculating flow; sediment transport; tidal bore; tide velocity asymmetry; turbulence

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBULENT FLOW;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DALY ESTUARY; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 3242705989     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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