Suspended sediment fluxes at an intertidal flat: The shifting influence of wave, wind, tidal, and freshwater forcing

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 710-725

  Talke, Stefan A ^a   Stacey, Mark T ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Univ of California   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Intertidal mudflat; San Francisco Bay; Sediment transport; Seiching; Tides; USA; Waves

Indexed keywords

COLD FRONT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUX MEASUREMENT; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEICHE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL FLAT; WAVE FORCE; WIND FORCING; WIND WAVE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39949084299     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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