The role of intratidal oscillations in sediment resuspension in a diurnal, partially mixed estuary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  O'Callaghan, J M ^a,b   Pattiaratchi, C B ^a   Hamilton, D P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TURBIDITY; WAKES; WATER LEVELS;

BED FRICTION; DE-STRATIFICATION; FLOOD TIDE; HIGH TURBIDITY; IN-PHASE; IN-SITU; INTERFACIAL MIXING; LOW ENERGIES; MEAN FLOW; NEPHELOMETRIC TURBIDITY UNITS; PARTIALLY MIXED ESTUARIES; PHASE DIFFERENCE; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; RE-SUSPENSION; REYNOLDS; REYNOLDS STRESS; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; SHEAR INSTABILITY; SOLAR DECLINATION; SWAN RIVER ESTUARY; TURBULENT PROPERTIES; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMNS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ESTUARIES;

BEDFORM; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FLOODING; GRAVITY WAVE; RESUSPENSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; TURBIDITY; TURBULENT MIXING; UNDERPINNING; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER COLUMN;

AUSTRALIA; SWAN ESTUARY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77955406453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005760     Document Type: Article

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