Morphodynamic relationships for ebb and flood delta volumes at Florida's tidal entrances

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 295-307

  Powell, Mark A ^a   Thieke, Robert J ^b   Mehta, Ashish J ^b  

^a Charles C Isiminger Consulting Engineers   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal sand resources; Inlet morphology; Littoral drift; Sand budget; Sand transport; Tidal hydraulics

Indexed keywords

DREDGING; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDES;

COASTAL SAND RESOURCES; INLET MORPHOLOGY; LITTORAL DRIFT; SAND BUDGET; SAND TRANSPORT; TIDAL HYDRAULICS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

DREDGING; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDES;

DELTA; FLOOD; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHODYNAMICS; TIDAL INLET;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745466111     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-006-0064-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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