Sedimentary and geo-mechanical properties of Willapa Bay tidal flats

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Barry, Mark A ^a   Johnson, Bruce D ^a,b   Boudreau, Bernard P ^a   Law, Brent A ^a,c   Page, Vanessa S ^c   Hill, Paul S ^a   Wheatcroft, Rob A ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Pro Oceanus Systems Inc   (Canada)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Strength; Tidal sediments; Yield strength; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; GRAIN SIZE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL FLAT;

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

EID: 84879417603     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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