Recent sediment dynamics in the region of Mekong water influence

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 183-194

  Hein, Hartmut ^a   Hein, Birte ^a   Pohlmann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic; Mekong Delta; Numerical model; Seasonality; Sediment discharge; Sediment dynamic

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MANAGEMENT; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; FINE SEDIMENT DYNAMICS; MEKONG DELTA; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT DYNAMIC; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; EROSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; RIVERS;

SEDIMENTS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DISCHARGE; EROSION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

GULF OF THAILAND; MEKONG RIVER; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84888288411     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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