Using salt intrusion measurements to determine the freshwater discharge distribution over the branches of a multi-channel estuary: The Mekong Delta case

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 433-445

  Nguyen, Anh Duc ^a,b   Savenije, Hubert H G ^a,b   Pham, Duc Nghia ^c   Tang, Duc Thang ^c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Southern Institute for Water Resources Research   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

discharge distribution; estuaries; Mekong Delta; salt intrusion

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL; DETECTION METHOD; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; SALT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MEKONG DELTA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 40849118625     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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