Physical control of sediment carbon content in an estuarine tidal flat system (Nanakita River, Japan): A mechanistic case study

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 781-791

  Sakamaki, Takashi ^a   Nishimura, Osamu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

deposition and resuspension; Nanakita River estuary; non cohesive and cohesive sediment; organic matter; sediment carbon content; temporal variation; tidal flat

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER; RESUSPENSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL FLAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; NANAKITA ESTUARY; TOHOKU;

EID: 34249006579     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.03.019     Document Type: Article

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