The role of particle aggregation/disaggregation in muddy sediment dynamics and seasonal sediment turnover in a back-barrier tidal basin, East Frisian Wadden Sea, southern North Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 235, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 49-61

  Chang, Tae Soo ^a   Joerdel, Olaf ^b   Flemming, Burghard W ^b   Bartholomä, Alexander ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

back barrier tidal basin; fine sediment dynamics; floc aggregate size distribution; German Wadden Sea; seasonal sediment turnover

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; BACK-BARRIER TIDAL BASIN; FINE SEDIMENT DYNAMICS; FLOC SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GERMAN WADDEN SEA; SEASONAL SEDIMENT TURNOVER;

AGGLOMERATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CYCLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 33751531133     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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