Asymmetric fluxes of water and sediments in a mesotidal mudflat channel

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-36

  Mariotti, G ^a   Fagherazzi, S ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

1D hydrodynamics; Asymmetric fluxes; Mudflat; Tidal channel; Willapa Bay (WA)

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BACKSCATTER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOMENTUM; MUDFLAT; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TIDAL CYCLE; TRIBUTARY; VEGETATION TYPE; VELOCITY; WATER LEVEL;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WILLAPA BAY;

EID: 78650618856     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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