Mechanisms of along-channel sediment transport in the North Passage of the Yangtze Estuary and their response to large-scale interventions Topical Collection on the 11th International Conference on Cohesive Sediment Transport

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 283-305

  Jiang, Chenjuan ^a,b   De Swart, Huib E ^b   Li, Jiufa ^a   Liu, Gaofeng ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Estuarine and Coastal Science Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

Deep Waterway Project; North Passage; Residual flow; Sediment trapping; Stokes transport; Tidal pumping; Turbidity maximum; Yangtze Estuary

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATERWAY PROJECT; NORTH PASSAGE; RESIDUAL FLOW; SEDIMENT TRAPPING; STOKES TRANSPORT; TIDAL PUMPING; TURBIDITY MAXIMA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

FLOW STRUCTURE; MIXING; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

SEDIMENTATION;

CHANNEL FLOW; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; FLOW STRUCTURE; RESIDUAL FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBIDITY;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 84879685629     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-013-0594-4     Document Type: Article

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