Impacts of dredging on dry season suspended sediment concentration in the Brisbane River estuary, Queensland, Australia

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 539-545

  Hossain, Shahadat ^a   Eyre, Bradley D ^b   McKee, Lester J ^c  

^a Gold Coast City Council   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

dredging; flushing time; subtropical estuaries; suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

DREDGING; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FLUSHING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 5644265199     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.06.017     Document Type: Article

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