Hydrodynamics and associated morphological variations on an estuarine intertidal sand flat

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1015-1027

  Uchiyama, Yusuke ^a,b  

^a PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed shear stress; Tidal oscillation; Topography change; Wetting and drying; Wind waves; Wind induced current

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; SAND; SHEAR STRESS; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND WAVE; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO BAY;

EID: 34249748315     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0336.1     Document Type: Article

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