Long-term changes in salt marsh extent affected by channel deepening in a modified estuary

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 17-19, 2003, Pages 1833-1846

  Cox, Ruth ^a   Wadsworth, R A ^a   Thomson, A G ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; Dredging; Netherlands; Salt marshes; Sea level changes; Westerschelde Estuary

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL; COASTAL EROSION; DREDGING; ESTUARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

COASTAL EROSION; DREDGING; ESTUARY; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL CHANNEL;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE; ZEELAND;

EID: 0346103899     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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