Sediment dynamics in tidally dominated environments controlled by transport and turbulence: A case study for the East Frisian Wadden Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Stanev, E V ^a,b   Brink Spalink, G ^a   Wolff, J O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDES; TURBULENCE;

BARRIER ISLAND; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBULENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 34250789174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003045     Document Type: Article

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