Lateral entrapment of sediment in tidal estuaries: An idealized model study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Huijts, K M H ^a   Schuttelaars, H M ^b   de Swart, H E ^a   Valle Levinson, A ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; CORIOLIS FORCE; ESTUARIES; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIDES;

ACCUMULATION; BOTTOM STRESS; CORIOLIS FORCE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MASS BALANCE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION;

JAMES ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 34447503612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003615     Document Type: Article

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