Interpreting grain-size trends associated with bedload transport on the intertidal flats at Dafeng, central Jiangsu coast

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-351

  Jia, Jianjun ^a,b   Wang, Yaping ^b   Gao, Shu ^b   Wang, Aijun ^c   Li, Zhanhai ^d  

^a Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province   (China)

^d EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bedload transport; Benthic boundary layer; Grain size trends; Intertidal flats; Jiangsu coast

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748878739     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-0341-z     Document Type: Article

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