External controls on the architecture of inclined heterolithic stratification (IHS) of macrotidal Sukmo Channel: Wave versus rainfall

Marine Geology

Volumn 285, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 17-28

  Choi, Kyungsik ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Inclined heterolithic stratification (IHS); Morphologic change; Rainfall; Rill channel; Tidal channel bank; Wave

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; CHANNEL BANKS; DIP ANGLE; DISTRIBUTARY CHANNELS; EXTERNAL CONTROL; HAN RIVER; HEAVY RAINFALL; HIGH TIDES; INCLINED HETEROLITHIC STRATIFICATION (IHS); INTERTIDAL FLAT; INTERTIDAL ZONES; MORPHOLOGIC CHANGES; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; RILL CHANNEL; RILL DEVELOPMENT; SALT MARSHES; TENSION CRACKS; TIDAL CHANNEL BANKS; TIDAL RHYTHMITES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; TIDES;

RAIN;

ARCHITECTURE; BANK EROSION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RAINFALL; RILL; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENTATION; SLOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL CYCLE; WAVE; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; HAN RIVER [HUBEI]; HUBEI;

EID: 79959720156     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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