Modeling the formation of a sand bar within a large funnel-shaped, tide-dominated estuary: Qiantangjiang Estuary, China

Marine Geology

Volumn 299-302, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-76

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

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Longterm morphological model; Qiangtangjiang Estuary; Sand bar

Indexed keywords

CHANGJIANG ESTUARY; COHESIONLESS SEDIMENTS; CONVERGENCE RATES; DELFT3D; EAST COAST; HANGZHOU BAY; INITIAL STAGES; LARGE RIVERS; MAIN CONTROLLING FACTORS; MORPHODYNAMIC MODELING; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; MORPHOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESS; SHORT-TERM SIMULATION; SIZE AND POSITION; TIDAL CURRENTS; TOTAL LENGTH; TRANSITION ZONES; WELL-MIXED ESTUARY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ESTUARIES;

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SANDBAR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CHINA; QIANTANG ESTUARY; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84862796674     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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