Morphology and sedimentation of sand bodies in the tidal shelf sea of eastern Taiwan Strait

Marine Geology

Volumn 248, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 161-178

  Liao, Horn Ru ^a   Yu, Ho Shing ^a   Su, Chih Chieh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

hydrodynamics; morphology; sand ridge; sand sheet; sand shoal; Taiwan Strait; tidal sedimentation

Indexed keywords

SAND RIDGE; SAND SHOAL; TIDAL ELLIPSES; TIDAL SEDIMENTATION;

COASTAL ZONES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

SEDIMENTATION;

COASTAL ZONE; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL FLAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN STRAIT;

EID: 38749101337     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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