Along channel flow and sediment dynamics at North Inlet, South Carolina

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 669-682

  Wargo, Christopher A ^a   Styles, Richard ^b  

^a SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic backscatter; coastal inlets; inlet hydrodynamics; North Inlet; sea level changes; sediment transport; South Carolina; USA

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CYCLE; WATER COLUMN;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH INLET; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846267280     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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