Episodic closure of the tidal inlet at the mouth of the Russian River - A small bar-built estuary in California

Geomorphology

Volumn 189, Issue , 2013, Pages 66-80

  Behrens, Dane K ^a,b   Bombardelli, Fabián A ^a   Largier, John L ^b,d   Twohy, Elinor ^c  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^c Environmentalist   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bar built estuary; Inlet closure; Inlet morphology; Tidal inlet

Indexed keywords

BAR; CHANNEL FLOW; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; EPISODIC EVENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; TIDAL INLET;

CALIFORNIA; RUSSIAN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875884786     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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