Simulating the fate of mechanically eroded masses in the Thermaikos Gulf

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 817-831

  Kombiadou, Katerina ^a   Krestenitis, Yannis N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benthic nepheloid layers; Mechanical erosion; Sediment transport modeling; Stochastic trawl movement; Thermaikos gulf; Trawling

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE; FISHING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MOBILIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEAFLOOR; STOCHASTICITY; SUSPENDED LOAD; TRAWLING; TURBULENCE; WATER COLUMN;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THERMAIKOS GULF;

EID: 79953750257     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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