Sand dynamics in the Mekong River channel and export to the coastal ocean

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 147, Issue , 2017, Pages 38-50

  Stephens, J D ^a   Allison, M A ^a,b   Di Leonardo, D R ^a   Weathers, H D ^b   Ogston, A S ^c   McLachlan, R L ^c   Xing, F ^b   Meselhe, E A ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b The Water Institute of the Gulf   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedload transport; Estuary; LISST; Mekong Delta; Mekong River; Sand transport; Sediment transport; Tides

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; OCEAN TIDE; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CURRENT;

MEKONG DELTA; MEKONG RIVER; VIET NAM;

EID: 85028305847     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2017.08.004     Document Type: Article

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