Deposition and flux of sediment from the Po River, Italy: An idealized and wintertime numerical modeling study

Marine Geology

Volumn 260, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 69-80

  Bever, Aaron J ^a   Harris, Courtney K ^a   Sherwood, Christopher R ^b   Signell, Richard P ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; delta; Morphodynamics; numerical modeling; Po River; sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; DELTA; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODELING; PO RIVER;

DYNAMICS; EROSION; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DELTA; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHODYNAMICS; PROGRADATION; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER COLUMN; WAVE ENERGY;

ADRIATIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PO RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 64549114907     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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