Suspended sediment dynamics on a seasonal scale in the Mandovi and Zuari estuaries, central west coast of India

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-86

  Purnachandra Rao, V ^a   Shynu, R ^a   Kessarkar, Pratima M ^a   Sundar, D ^a   Michael, G S ^a   Narvekar, Tanuja ^a   Blossom, Viegas ^a   Mehra, Prakash ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Mandovi and Zuari estuaries; Sediment transport; Tidal effects; Turbulence; Western India; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; RAINFALL; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILTATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBULENCE; WIND WAVE;

GOA; INDIA; MANDOVI ESTUARY; ZUARI ESTUARY;

EID: 78650264630     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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