A model study of the estuarine turbidity maximum along the main channel of the upper Chesapeake Bay

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-133

  Park, Kyeong ^a   Wang, Harry V ^b   Kim, Sung Chan ^c   Oh, Jeong Hwan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^d Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Erosion and deposition; Estuarine turbidity maximum; Intertidal and intratidal time scales; Particle size classes; Sediment transport model; Upper Chesapeake Bay

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; EROSION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIFICATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBIDITY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46249101935     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-007-9013-8     Document Type: Article

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