Processes reshaping the Ebro delta

Marine Geology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 59-79

  Jiménez, José A ^a   Sánchez Arcilla, Agustín ^a   Valdemoro, Herminia I ^a   Gracia, Vicente ^a   Nieto, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal reshaping; Ebro delta; Longshore transport; Storms; Water level; Waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042399339     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00076-5     Document Type: Article

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