Controls on suspended sediment concentration profiles in the shallow and turbid Yangtze Estuary

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 90, Issue , 2014, Pages 96-108

  Liu, J H ^a   Yang, S L ^a   Zhu, Q ^a   Zhang, J ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Estuary; Rouse equation; Suspended sediment; Suspended sediment concentration; Vertical trend; Yangtze (Changjiang) estuary

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDRODYNAMICS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SHALLOW WATER; SIMULATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84913583182     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2014.01.021     Document Type: Article

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