Implications of tidally-varying bed stress and intermittent estuarine stratification on fine-sediment dynamics through the Mekong's tidal river to estuarine reach

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 147, Issue , 2017, Pages 27-37

  McLachlan, R L ^a   Ogston, A S ^a   Allison, M A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^c Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Estuary; Mekong Delta; Mekong River; Morphology; Sediment transport; Tidal river

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM STRESS; CONVERGENCE; ESTUARINE FRONT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GAUGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; RESUSPENSION; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; STRATIFICATION; VERTICAL MIXING;

MEKONG DELTA; MEKONG RIVER; VIET NAM;

EID: 85028536063     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2017.07.014     Document Type: Article

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