Effect of wind waves on distribution of muddy bottom sediments in Baltimore Harbor, USA

Coastal Engineering 2000 - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2000

Volumn 276, Issue , 2000, Pages 3516-3524

  Nakagawa, Yasuyuki ^a   Sanford, Lawrence P ^b   Halka, Jeffrey P ^c  

^a Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BALTIMORE HARBOR; BOTTOM SHEAR STRESS; COASTAL AREA; DATA SETS; FINE SEDIMENTS; HIGH WINDS; HINDCASTING; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCING; LONG TERM; MUD CONTENTS; MUDDY BOTTOMS; ORGANIC MATTER; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVEFIELDS; WIND SPEED; WIND STATISTICS; WIND WAVE;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; FLUID DYNAMICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PORTS AND HARBORS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WAVES; WIND STRESS;

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EID: 70349406254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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