Effect of tides on mouth bar morphology and hydrodynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4169-4183

  Leonardi, Nicoletta ^a   Canestrelli, Alberto ^a   Sun, Tao ^b   Fagherazzi, Sergio ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

delta; jet spreading; mouth bars; residual currents; tide

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; TIDES; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATED FLOWS; CENTRAL CHANNELS; DELTA; GULF OF MEXICO; MORPHODYNAMIC MODELING; RESIDUAL CURRENT; ROBUST CRITERIA; VELOCITY FIELD;

RIVERS;

AMPLITUDE; DELTA; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESIDUAL FLOW; RIVER DISCHARGE; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL INLET;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84887125140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20302     Document Type: Article

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