Use of 137Cs activity to investigate sediment movement and transport modeling in river coastal environment

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 417-423

  Toriman, M E ^a   Gasim, Muhamad Barzani ^a   Yusop, Zulkifli ^b   Shahid, Ismail ^a   Mastura, S A Sharifah ^a   Abdullah, Pauzi ^a   Jaafar, Mokhtar ^a   Aziz, Nor Azlina Abdul ^a   Kamarudin, M K A ^a   Jaafar, Othman ^a   Karim, Othman ^a   Juahir, Hafizan ^c   Jamil, N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

137Cs; Coastal system; River Estuary; Sediment movement; Sediment yield; Suspended sediment concentration

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; COASTAL ZONE; EROSION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FLOOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MOBILITY; RADIOACTIVITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

KEMAMAN ESTUARY; MALAYSIA; TERENGGANU; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84864662280     PISSN: 1553345X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2012.417.423     Document Type: Article

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