Modelling the equilibrium hypsometry of back-barrier tidal flats in the German Wadden Sea (southern North Sea)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 90-99

  Yu, Qian ^a   Wang, Yunwei ^b   Flemming, Burg ^a   Gao, Shu ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Back barrier tidal basins; German Wadden Sea; Hypsometry; Tidal flats

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; SURFACE AREA; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL FLAT; VOLUME; WIND WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMANY; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 84860332949     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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