Suspended minerogenic particle distributions in high-energy coastal environments: Optical implications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Stavn, Robert H ^a   Keen, Timothy R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical scattering; Particle size distributions; Sediment resuspension

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; RESUSPENSION; SCATTERING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VERTICAL PROFILE;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 3543031007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002098     Document Type: Article

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