Physical impacts of climatic change on deltaic coastal systems (I): An approach

Climatic Change

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-93

  Sánchez Arcilla, Agustin ^a   Jiménez, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL LANDFORM; COASTAL PROCESSES; DELTA; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0030620813     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005312402061     Document Type: Article

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