How long are tidal channels?

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 643, Issue , 2010, Pages 479-494

  Seminara, G ^a   Lanzoni, S ^b   Tambroni, N ^a   Toffolon, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Channels; Morphodynamic equilibrium; Tides

Indexed keywords

TIDES;

ANALYTICAL TREATMENT; CHANNELS; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; COASTAL WETLANDS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; INLET CONDITIONS; MORPHODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUMS; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC;

WETLANDS;

COASTAL WETLAND; CRITICAL FLOW; MORPHODYNAMICS; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL FLAT; TIDAL INLET;

EID: 76349109909     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009992308     Document Type: Article

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