Seasonal variations in the characteristics of superficial sediments in a macrotidal estuary (the Seine inlet, France)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-16

  Lesourd, S ^a,b   Lesueur, P ^a   Brun Cottan, J C ^a   Garnaud, S ^a   Poupinet, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

Estuary; Lithofacies; Meteorological event; Mud; Rheology; Seine

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; LITHOFACIES; RHEOLOGY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION;

FRANCE; SEINE ESTUARY;

EID: 0242340576     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00340-2     Document Type: Article

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