Morphological evolution and time-varying bedrock control of main channel at a mixed energy tidal inlet: Maumusson Inlet, France

Marine Geology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 187-202

  Bertin, Xavier ^a   Chaumillon, Eric ^a   Weber, Nicolas ^b   Tesson, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b EPSHOM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Bedrock morphology; Seismic VHR; Tidal inlet

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; TIDES;

CHRONOLOGY; TIME VARYING BEDROCK CONTROL;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BATHYMETRY; BEDROCK; MORPHOLOGY; SEISMIC SURVEY; TIDAL INLET;

CHARENTE-MARITIME; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MAUMUSSON INLET; POITOU-CHARENTES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1242299649     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00353-0     Document Type: Article

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