Cross-shore variations in morphodynamic processes of an open-coast mudflat in the Changjiang Delta, China: With an emphasis on storm impacts

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 517-538

  Fan, Daidu ^a   Guo, Yanxia ^a   Wang, Ping ^b   Shi, John Z ^c  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang Delta; Intertidal mudflat; Morphodynamics; Open coast; Saltmarsh; Sediment transport; Swells; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

MORPHODYNAMICS; MUDFLAT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM DAMAGE; TIDAL FLAT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 33644881087     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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