Modelling fluxes of water and sediment between Venice Lagoon and the sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 904-914

  Ferrarin, Christian ^a   Cucco, Andrea ^b   Umgiesser, Georg ^a   Bellafiore, Debora ^a,c   Amos, Carl L ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Sand transport; Tidal inlets; Venice Lagoon

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; COASTAL LAGOON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOPPLER EFFECT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER COLUMN; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER FLOW;

ADRIATIC SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE;

EID: 77951206097     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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