Sediment mobility in response to tidal and wind-driven flows along the Belgian inner shelf, southern North Sea

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 611-622

  Baeye, Matthias ^a   Fettweis, Michael ^b   Voulgaris, George ^c   Van Lancker, Vera ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic and optical backscattering; Alongshore sediment transport; High concentrated mud suspensions; Mixed sediments; Southern North Sea; Suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

ALONGSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; HIGH-CONCENTRATED MUD SUSPENSIONS; MIXED SEDIMENTS; OPTICAL BACKSCATTERING; SOUTHERN NORTH SEA; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACKSCATTERING; MIXTURES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SENSORS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBIDITY; WIND;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ADVECTION; BACKSCATTER; CLIMATE FORCING; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; DATA SET; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MUD; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSOR; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIDAL CYCLE; TURBIDITY; WIND DIRECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELGIAN SHELF; NORTH SEA;

EID: 79957903266     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-010-0370-7     Document Type: Article

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