Grain-size distribution patterns of suspended sediment in response to hydrodynamics on the Dafeng intertidal flat, Jiangsu, China

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 63-77

  Li, Zhanhai ^a   Gao, Shu ^b   Chen, Shenliang ^a   Wang, Yaping ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Grain size distributions; Jiangsu coast; Resuspension; Settling; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; RESUSPENSION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL FLAT; WATER COLUMN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU;

EID: 33847364006     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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