A buoyant plume adjacent to a headland-Observations of the Elwha River plume

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-97

  Warrick, Jonathan A ^a   Stevens, Andrew W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal headland; Dam removal; Elwha River; River plume; Strait of Juan de Fuca

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DAM REMOVAL; DELTA; ESTUARINE FRONT; FLOW PATTERN; FRESHWATER INPUT; OSCILLATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE;

ELWHA RIVER; JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 78651416761     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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