Morphodynamics of a high discharge tropical delta, San Juan River, Pacific coast of Colombia

Marine Geology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 355-381

  Restrepo, Juan D ^a,b   Kjerfve, Björn ^a   Correa, Iván D ^b   González, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Coastal subsidence; Colombia; Delta morphodynamics; El Ni o; Pacific coast; Relative sea level; San Juan River; Tides; Waves

Indexed keywords

DELTAS;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; TIDES; TROPICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; DISCHARGE; EL NINO; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL; SUBSIDENCE; TIDAL CURRENT;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 0037203307     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00579-0     Document Type: Article

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