Seasonal variations in erodibility and sediment transport potential in a mesotidal channel-flat complex, Willapa Bay, WA

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wiberg, Patricia L ^a   Law, Brent A ^b   Wheatcroft, Robert A ^c   Milligan, Timothy G ^b   Hill, Paul S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Erodibility; Estuary; Mudflats; Sediment transport; Tidal flats; Willapa Bay

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ERODIBILITY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL FLAT;

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

EID: 84879417571     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.07.021     Document Type: Article

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