Modeling profile shape evolution for accreting tidal flats composed of mud and sand: A case study of the central Jiangsu coast, China

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1750-1760

  Liu, Xiu Juan ^a   Gao, Shu ^b   Wang, Ya Ping ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; Jiangsu coast; Mudshore shape; Process modeling; Tidal flats

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BEACH PROFILE; MORPHODYNAMICS; MUD; SAND; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL FLAT;

CHINA; JIANGSU;

EID: 80052867442     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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