Modelling suspended sediment dynamics on the subaqueous delta of the Mekong River

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 147, Issue , 2017, Pages 213-230

  Thanh, Vo Quoc ^a,c   Reyns, Johan ^a,b   Wackerman, Chris ^d   Eidam, Emily F ^e   Roelvink, Dano ^a,b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d MDA Information Systems   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Delft3D; Delft3d FM; Hydrodynamic modelling; Mekong Delta; Sediment dynamics; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CAMBODIA; MEKONG DELTA; MEKONG RIVER; TONLE SAP LAKE; VIET NAM;

EID: 85028353786     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2017.07.013     Document Type: Article

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