A transient coastal wetland: From estuarine to supratidal conditions in less than 2000 years - Boca Do Rio, Algarve, Portugal

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-283

  Allen, H D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algarve; Alluviation history; Coastal wetlands; Ecosystem change; Holocene; Palaeoecology; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; SEDIMENTS; TSUNAMIS; WETLANDS;

COSTAL WETLANDS;

ESTUARIES;

COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WETLAND;

PORTUGAL;

BOCA; DINOPHYCEAE; HIATUS;

EID: 0038345684     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.552     Document Type: Article

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