Sediment trapping of turbidity maxima in the Changjiang Estuary

Marine Geology

Volumn 303-306, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-25

  Wu, Jiaxue ^a   Liu, James T ^b   Wang, Xia ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang Estuary; Estuarine turbidity maximum; Flocculation; Flow acceleration and deceleration; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

CHANGJIANG ESTUARY; COHESIVE SEDIMENTS; DEEPWATER; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; DRY SEASONS; EBB TIDES; ESTUARINE TURBIDITY MAXIMUM; FLOOD SEASON; FLOW ACCELERATION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HYPERPYCNAL FLOWS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NAVIGATION CHANNELS; RE-SUSPENSION; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRAPPING; STRATIFIED FLOWS; TURBIDITY MAXIMA; WATER COLUMNS;

DROUGHT; ESTUARIES; FLOCCULATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ACCELERATION; EXCAVATION; FLOCCULATION; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; TURBIDITY; WATER COLUMN;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 84860576402     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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