Sediment transport in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 248-258

  Dong, L X ^a   Guan, W B ^a   Chen, Q ^a   Li, X H ^a,b   Liu, X H ^a   Zeng, X M ^a  

^a Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

East China Sea; Front; Suspended sediment transport; Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA INTERPRETATION; EKMAN TRANSPORT; ESTUARINE FRONT; MONSOON; SEAFLOOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHALLOW WATER; STRATIFICATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBIDITY; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE ESTUARY; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 79960466735     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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