Cycle of vertical and horizontal mixing in a shallow tidal creek

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  McKay, Paul ^a,b   Di Iorio, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; RIVERS;

CHANNEL DISPERSION; DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOOD AND EBB; GEORGIA; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; NET EXPORTS; PARAMETERIZED; SALT FLUX; SALT MARSHES; TIDAL CREEKS; TIDAL PUMPING; TURBULENT STRESS; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER COLUMNS;

MIXING;

ADVECTION; ESTUARINE FRONT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SALTMARSH; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER COLUMN;

DUPLIN RIVER; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76149083246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005204     Document Type: Article

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