The role of river flow and tidal asymmetry on 1-D estuarine morphodynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2315-2334

  Guo, L ^a,b   Van Der Wegen, M ^b,c   Roelvin, J A ^b,c,d   He, Q ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Equilibrium profiles; Estuarine morphodynamics; Process based modeling; Residual sediment transport

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; MORPHODYNAMICS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 84918541689     PISSN: 21699003     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JF003110     Document Type: Article

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