Tidal and meteorological forcing of sediment transport in tributary mudflat channels

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 10-11, 2007, Pages 1510-1527

  Ralston, David K ^a   Stacey, Mark T ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Intertidal sedimentation; Salinity gradients; San Francisco Bay, California, USA; Sediment transport; Tidal inlets; Topographic effects

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MUDFLAT; PERTURBATION; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TRIBUTARY; WATERSHED; WIND FORCING; WIND WAVE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249340060     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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