Suspended sediment dynamics during the inter-monsoon season in the subaqueous Mekong Delta and adjacent shelf, southern Vietnam

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 509-519

  Unverricht, Daniel ^a   Nguyen, Thanh Cong ^a,d   Heinrich, Christoph ^a   Szczuciński, Witold ^b   Lahajnar, Niko ^c   Stattegger, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Coastal zone; Continental shelf; LISST; Mekong; Sediment resuspension; Suspended sediment; Tide

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MONSOON; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CURRENT;

MEKONG DELTA; MEKONG RIVER; VIET NAM;

EID: 84897016600     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.10.008     Document Type: Review

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