The stability of a mudflat in the Humber estuary, South Yorkshire, UK

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 139, Issue , 1998, Pages 25-43

  Amos, Carl L ^a   Brylinsky, M ^b   Sutherland, T F ^c   O'Brien, D ^d   Lee, S ^d   Cramp, A ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Martec Limited   (Canada)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MUDFLAT; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE;

EID: 0032468546     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.139.01.03     Document Type: Article

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