Mudflat runnels: Evidence and importance of very shallow flows in intertidal morphodynamics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2012, Pages

  Fagherazzi, S ^a   Mariotti, G ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

CRITICAL STRESS; FLOOD AND EBB; HIGH RESOLUTION DATA; MORPHODYNAMICS; MUDFLATS; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SHALLOW FLOW; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TIDAL FLOW; WATER DEPTH; WAVE CONDITIONS; WILLAPA BAY , WASHINGTON;

STREAM FLOW;

BAY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DATA SET; EROSION; FLOOD; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHODYNAMICS; MUDFLAT; REMOBILIZATION; WATER DEPTH;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WILLAPA BAY;

EID: 84864423915     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052542     Document Type: Article

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