The role of terrestrial sediment on turbidity near Singapore's coral reefs

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 75-88

  Van Maren, Dirk Sebastiaan ^a,b   Liew, Soo Chin ^c   Hasan, G M Jahid ^d,e  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^e MILITARY INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Estuarine sediment dynamics; Johor Estuary; Singapore; Suspended sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; COASTAL WATER; CORAL REEF; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ESTUARY; MIXING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY;

JOHOR; MALAYSIA; STRAIT OF SINGAPORE; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84893428702     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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