Tidal hydrodynamics and fine-grained sediment transport on the radial sand ridge system in the southern Yellow Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 291-294, Issue , 2012, Pages 192-210

  Xing, Fei ^a,b   Wang, Ya Ping ^a   Wang, Harry V ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphidromic point; Residual currents; Sand ridges; Sediment fluxes; Suspended sediment concentrations; Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

AMPHIDROMIC POINT; RESIDUAL CURRENT; SEDIMENT FLUXES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; YELLOW SEA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EROSION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; RIVERS; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIDES; WETLANDS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

CALIBRATION; DELTA; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAND RIDGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL FLAT; TRAPPED WAVE; WIND WAVE;

CHINA; JIANGSU; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANDONG; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER; YELLOW RIVER DELTA; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84857192561     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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