Alongshore sediment bypassing as a control on river mouth morphodynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 664-683

  Nienhuis, Jaap H ^a,b   Ashton, Andrew D ^a   Nardin, William ^c   Fagherazzi, Sergio ^c   Giosan, Liviu ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alongshore sediment transport; bypassing; Delft3D; river mouth; river mouth migration; river mouth spit

Indexed keywords

BYPASS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84964319108     PISSN: 21699003     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JF003780     Document Type: Article

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