Lateral dynamics and associated transport of sediment in the upper reaches of a partially mixed estuary, Chesapeake Bay, USA

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 679-698

  Fugate, David C ^a   Friedrichs, Carl T ^b   Sanford, Lawrence P ^c  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuarine dynamics; Momentum balance; Sediment dynamics; Sediment transport; Transverse circulation; USA Chesapeake Bay

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CORIOLIS FORCE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EUSTACY; FLOOD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIFICATION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846895771     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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