Bathymetric controls on sediment transport in the Hudson River estuary: Lateral asymmetry and frontal trapping

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Ralston, David K ^a   Geyer, W Rockwell ^a   Warner, John C ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC PRESSURE; ESTUARINE TURBIDITY MAXIMUM; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; HUDSON RIVER; LATERAL ASYMMETRY; LATERAL DISTRIBUTIONS; LATERAL GRADIENT; LOCAL MAXIMUM; SALINITY INTRUSION; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEDIMENT SUSPENSION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TIDAL CYCLE; TURBIDITY MAXIMA;

BATHYMETRY; EROSION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TIDES; TURBIDITY;

ESTUARIES;

ASYMMETRY; BATHYMETRY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EROSION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE FRONT; FIELD SURVEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINE INTRUSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CYCLE; TURBIDITY;

HUDSON ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868034842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008124     Document Type: Article

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