Fine sediment transport model for river influenced microtidal shelf seas with application to the Thermaikos Gulf (NW Aegean Sea)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-62

  Kombiadou, Katerina ^a   Krestenitis, Yannis N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cohesive sediment; Modelling; River borne sediment; Sedimentation; Stratification; Thermaikos gulf

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; CONSOLIDATION; DEPOSITION; ENTRAINMENT; EROSION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PLUME; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SILT; STRATIFICATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER COLUMN;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THERMAIKOS GULF;

EID: 84857788318     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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