Flocculation on a muddy intertidal flat in Willapa Bay, Washington, Part I: A regional survey of the grain size of surficial sediments

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Law, B A ^a   Milligan, T G ^a   Hill, P S ^b   Newgard, J ^b   Wheatcroft, R A ^c   Wiberg, P L ^d  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaggregated inorganic grain size (DIGS); Floc fraction; Flocculation; Median diameter; Tidal flats

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLOCCULATION; FRACTIONATION; GRAIN SIZE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; SURVEY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL FLAT;

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

EID: 84879409131     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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