Dynamics and spatial variability of near-bottom sediment exchange in the Yangtze Estuary, China

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 322-330

  Liu, Hong ^a   He, Qing ^a   Wang, Zhengbing ^b,c   Weltje, Gert Jan ^c   Zhang, Jing ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

grain size distributions; non linear sediment mixing; sediment exchange rate; selective deposition; Yangtze (Changjiang) Estuary

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIXING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 75049085638     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.04.020     Document Type: Article

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