Sediment transport over an accretional intertidal flat with influences of reclamation, Jiangsu coast, China

Marine Geology

Volumn 291-294, Issue , 2012, Pages 147-161

  Wang, Ya Ping ^a   Gao, Shu ^a   Jia, Jianjun ^b   Thompson, Charlotte E L ^c   Gao, Jianhua ^a   Yang, Yang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current wave interactions; Intertidal flats; Jiangsu coast; Reclamation; Suspended sediment concentrations

Indexed keywords

CLAY MATERIALS; COARSE PARTICLES; COARSE-GRAINED SEDIMENTS; CURRENT VELOCITY; EQUILIBRIUM SHAPE; EXTREME WEATHER; FINE PARTICLES; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOOD SURGE; HIGH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTERTIDAL FLAT; INTERTIDAL FLATS; INTERTIDAL ZONES; JIANGSU COAST; NATURAL PROCESS; PROFILE SHAPES; RESIDUAL CURRENT; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PATTERN; STRONG CURRENTS; STRONG WINDS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT FLUX; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL ENVIRONMENTS; UPPER WATER COLUMN; WATER COLUMNS; WAVE ACTIONS; WAVE CURRENT INTERACTION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; LAND RECLAMATION; METEOROLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

RECLAMATION;

ACCRETION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CURRENT VELOCITY; EQUILIBRIUM; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL FLAT; WATER COLUMN; WAVE ACTION; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

CHINA; JIANGSU;

EID: 84857189932     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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