Estimating tidal current amplitudes outside estuaries and characterizing the zone of estuarine tidal influence

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 380-390

  Whitney, Michael M ^a   Garvine, Richard W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barotropic tides; Continental shelves; Estuaries; Estuarine tides; Shelf tides; Tidal currents

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; BAROTROPIC TIDE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ESTIMATION METHOD; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; INDEX METHOD; KINEMATICS; TIDAL CURRENT;

BLOCK ISLAND SOUND; DELAWARE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149031006     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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