Principal component analysis applied to geomorphologic evolution

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 411-419

  Cuadrado, D G ^a   Perillo, G M E ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentine coast; Bahia Blanca estuary; ebb tidal delta; sediment transport; statistical analysis; tidal currents

Indexed keywords

CURRENTS; DREDGING; FLOODING; HARBOURS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ESTUARIES; ESTUARY; GEOMORPHOLOGIC EVOLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ARGENTINA, BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, BAHIA BLANCA ESTUARY, EL TORO CHANNEL;

EID: 0031107124     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0144     Document Type: Article

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