Gravity-driven sediment transport on the continental shelf: Implications for equilibrium profiles near river mouths

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 795-811

  Friedrichs, C T ^a   Wright, L D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Continental shelf; Equilibrium profiles; Gravity driven; River mouths; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; SOILS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CLINOFORMS; RICHARDSON NUMBER;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GRAVITY FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 4644222154     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2004.07.010     Document Type: Article

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