Lessons learned from comparisons of mesotidal sand- and mudflats

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Nittrouer, Charles A ^a   Raubenheimer, Britt ^b   Wheatcroft, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Mudflat; Sandflat; Sediment transport; Sedimentation; Tidal flat

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MUDFLAT; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; TIDAL FLAT;

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

EID: 84879419641     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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