Sediment deposition from tropical storms in the upper Chesapeake Bay: Field observations and model simulations

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 86, Issue C, 2014, Pages 6-16

  Palinkas, Cindy M ^a   Halka, Jeffrey P ^b   Li, Ming ^a   Sanford, Lawrence P ^a   Cheng, Peng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Maryland Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood sediment deposition; Sediment resuspension; Sediment transport modeling; Tropical storms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884554941     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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