Sediment pumping by tidal asymmetry in a partially mixed estuary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Scully, Malcolm E ^a   Friedrichs, Carl T ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ESTUARIES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDES; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

ADVECTION; ASYMMETRY; EDDY; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBULENT MIXING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; YORK RIVER;

EID: 34548618398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003784     Document Type: Article

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