Partition of suspended and riverbed sediments related to the salt-wedge in the lower reaches of a small mountainous river

Marine Geology

Volumn 264, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 152-164

  Liu, James T ^a   Hung, Jia Jang ^a   Huang, Ya Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

carbon particle relationship; dynamic barrier; flocculation; hydrodynamic sorting; particle size; salt wedge

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFERENT SIZES; ESTUARINE CIRCULATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLOOD SEASON; IN-SITU; LASER PARTICLE ANALYZER; LONGITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION; MARINE SOURCES; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; ORGANIC MATTER; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; RE-SUSPENSION; RIVERBED SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SIZE CLASS; SIZE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; SMALL MOUNTAINOUS RIVERS; SOUTHERN TAIWAN; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TIDAL CYCLE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER COLUMNS; WATER SAMPLES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; FEEDBACK; FLOCCULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVERS; SCREENING; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SORTING; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TURBIDITY;

SALT WATER INTRUSION;

FIELD METHOD; FLOCCULATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDRODYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTITIONING; SALINE INTRUSION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GAOPING RIVER; TAIWAN;

TETRAPODA;

EID: 67650621566     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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