High-frequency time-series of the dynamic sedimentation processes on the western shelf of the Mississippi River Delta

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 10-11, 2007, Pages 1600-1615

  Reide Corbett, D ^a   Dail, Michael ^a   McKee, Brent ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental shelf deposition; Louisiana; Mississippi delta; Radionuclides; Sediment dynamics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; HYDRODYNAMICS; RADIONUCLIDE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; TIME SERIES;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHWEST PASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249340059     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.01.025     Document Type: Article

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