The influence of tidal currents on the asymmetry of tide-dominated ebb-tidal deltas

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 159-174

  van der Vegt, M ^a,b   Schuttelaars, H M ^b   de Swart, H E ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ebb tidal deltas; Morphodynamic equilibrium; Tidal currents; Wadden sea

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVERGENCE; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIDAL CURRENT; VORTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; OOSTERSCHELDE; WADDEN SEA; WESTERN EUROPE; ZEELAND;

EID: 57749112291     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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