Utilisation of numerical and statistical techniques to describe sedimentary circulation patterns in the mouth of the Gironde estuary

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 331, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 491-497

  Mallet, Cyril ^a   Howa, Hélène ^b   Garlan, Thierry ^c   Sottolichio, Aldo ^b   Le Hir, Pierre ^d   Michel, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c Section de Géodésie Géophysique   (France)

^d IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

France; Gironde; Modelling; Sediment dynamics; Tidal current

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CURRENT;

FRANCE; GIRONDE ESTUARY;

EID: 0033662734     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(00)01437-3     Document Type: Article

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