Of sand and mud: Sedimentological criteria for identifying the turbidity maximum zone in a tidally influenced river

Sedimentology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1961-1981

  La Croix, Andrew D ^a   Dashtgard, Shahin E ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backwater effect; Bed thickness distribution; Fraser River; Inclined heterolithic stratification; Intertidal zone; Saltwater incursion; Tidal fluvial transition; Turbidity maximum

Indexed keywords

BARS (METAL); DEPOSITION; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; RIVERS; SAND; STREAM FLOW; WATER;

BACKWATER EFFECTS; FRASER RIVER; INCLINED HETEROLITHIC STRATIFICATIONS; INTERTIDAL ZONES; SALTWATER INCURSION; THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS; TIDAL-FLUVIAL TRANSITION; TURBIDITY MAXIMA;

TURBIDITY;

EID: 84934277858     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12126     Document Type: Article

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