Response of suspended sediment concentration to tidal dynamics at a site inside the mouth of an inlet: Jiaozhou Bay (China)

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 170-182

  Yang, S L ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Zhu, J ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Advection; China; Concentration; Currents; Jiaozhou Bay; Sediment; Shoaling effect; Suspension

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL INLET; TURBIDITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIAOZHOU BAY; SHANDONG;

EID: 5044227733     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-8-170-2004     Document Type: Article

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