The Shaping of An Estuarine Superfund Site: Roles of Evolving Dynamics and Geomorphology

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-105

  Chant, Robert J ^a   Fugate, David ^b   Garvey, Ed ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Malcolm Pirnie   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuarine dynamics; Geomorphology; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIOXIN; DREDGING; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER FLOW; SALT WATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

NEW JERSEY; NEWARK BAY; PASSAIC RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650716312     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9324-z     Document Type: Article

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