The first two years of an inlet: Sedimentary dynamics

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 14-15, 2003, Pages 1425-1445

  Vila Concejo, A ^a   Ferreira, O ^b   Matias, A ^a   Dias, J M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Algarve; Inlet relocation; Morphodynamics; Portugal; Tidal inlet; Volumetric analysis

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHANGE; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL INLET;

PORTUGAL; RIA FORMOSA;

EID: 0141975383     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(03)00142-0     Document Type: Article

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