Long-term change in tidal dynamics and its cause in the Pearl River Delta, China

Geomorphology

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 209-223

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Ruan, Xiaohong ^b   Zheng, Jinhai ^a   Zhu, Yuliang ^a   Wu, Hongxu ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic effects; Dredging; Long term changes; Pearl River Delta; Tidal range

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DREDGING; ESTUARY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OCEAN TIDE; TIDAL RANGE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 77954815227     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.03.031     Document Type: Article

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