Estuarine and Coastal Science and Technology towards Sustainable Ecosystems

Erodibility of cohesive sediments along the Nigerian transgressive mud coast: A preliminary experimental study

  • Rasheed ADESINA ,
  • Olusegun DADA ,
  • Yinusa ASIWAJU-BELLO ,
  • Zhiguo HE
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  • 1. Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan Zhejiang 316021, China
    2. Department of Marine Science and Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure 340252, Nigeria
    3. Department of Applied Geology, Federal University of Technology, Akure 340252, Nigeria

Received date: 2020-04-21

  Online published: 2021-01-22

Cite this article

Rasheed ADESINA , Olusegun DADA , Yinusa ASIWAJU-BELLO , Zhiguo HE . Erodibility of cohesive sediments along the Nigerian transgressive mud coast: A preliminary experimental study[J]. Journal of East China Normal University(Natural Science), 2020 , 2020(S1) : 120 -124 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-5641.202092222

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