Effects of River Discharge and Sediment Load on Sediment Plume Behaviors in a Coastal Region: The Yukon River, Alaska and the Bering Sea

In the Bering Sea around and off the Yukon River delta, surface sediment plumes are markedly formed by glacier-melt and rainfall sediment runoffs of the Yukon River, Alaska, in June– September. The discharge and sediment load time series of the Yukon River were obtained at the lowest gauging station...

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Main Authors: Kazuhisa A. Chikita, Tomoyuki Wada, Isao Kudo, Sei-Ichi Saitoh, Mitsuhiro Toratani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Hydrology
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/8/1/45