Process regime, salinity, morphological, and sedimentary trends along the fluvial to marine transition zone of the mixed-energy Mekong River delta, Vietnam

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 147, Issue , 2017, Pages 7-26

  Gugliotta, Marcello ^a   Saito, Yoshiki ^a,b   Nguyen, Van Lap ^c   Ta, Thi Kim Oanh ^c   Nakashima, Rei ^a   Tamura, Toru ^a   Uehara, Katsuto ^d   Katsuki, Kota ^b   Yamamoto, Seiichiro ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c VAST   (Viet Nam)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Fukui Commercial High School   (Japan)

Author keywords

Backwater; Fluvial tidal transition; Mesotidal; Sediment; Tidal

Indexed keywords

BACKWATER; COASTAL ZONE; DIATOM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; MOLLUSC; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; TRANSITION ZONE; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL;

CAMBODIA; MEKONG RIVER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; MOLLUSCA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 85017182881     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2017.03.001     Document Type: Article

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