Dynamics of suspended sediment delivery to the Eastern Mediterranean continental shelf

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1105-1116

  Vachtman, Dina ^a,e   Sandler, Amir ^b   Greenbaum, Noam ^c   Herut, Barak ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean; Estuary; Floods; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS; ESTUARINE PROCESS; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL DATA; TRANSPORT CAPACITY; UPSTREAM CHANNEL;

ESTUARIES; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

FLOODS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ESTUARY; FLOOD; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ISRAEL; KISHON RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 84877924592     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9265     Document Type: Article

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