The landward and seaward mechanisms of fine-sediment transport across intertidal flats in the shallow-water region-A numerical investigation

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hsu, Tian Jian ^a   Chen, Shih Nan ^b   Ogston, Andrea S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Numerical modeling; Sediment transport; Settling lag; Tidal flats

Indexed keywords

FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHALLOW WATER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBIDITY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84879418649     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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