Statistical mechanics of wind wave-induced erosion in shallow tidal basins: Inferences from the Venice Lagoon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 3402-3407

  D'Alpaos, Andrea ^a   Carniello, Luca ^a   Rinaldo, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

hydrology; sediment resuspension; tidal flats; tidal morphodynamics; wind waves

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMIC CIRCULATIONS; MARKED POISSON PROCESS; MORPHODYNAMICS; RESUSPENSION EVENTS; SEDIMENT RE SUSPENSIONS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TIDAL FLAT; WIND WAVE;

HYDROLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TIDES; WAVE EFFECTS; WETLANDS;

EROSION;

HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGOON; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MORPHODYNAMICS; POISSON RATIO; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESUSPENSION; SALTMARSH; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TIDAL FLAT; WIND EROSION; WIND WAVE;

ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 84880765727     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50666     Document Type: Article

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