Biological control of avalanching and slope stability in the intertidal zone

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 139, Issue , 1998, Pages 309-329

  Shaikh, Masroor A ^a   Meadows, Azra ^a   Meadows, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROTECTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SLOPE; STABILITY;

AVALANCHE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COASTAL PROTECTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SLOPE STABILITY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; COROPHIUM; NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; NEREIS;

EID: 0032470172     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.139.01.25     Document Type: Article

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