Groundwater dynamics on macrotidal gravel beaches of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-72

  Isla, Federico Ignacio ^a   Bujalesky, Gustavo Gabriel ^b  

^a Instituto de Geología de Costas y del Cuaternario U N de Mar del Plata   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bimodal distribution; Macrotidal beaches; Seepage; Tierra del Fuego

Indexed keywords

BEACH; GRAIN SIZE; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; SALINITY; SEEPAGE; TIDAL CYCLE; WATER EXCHANGE;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(PRV) ARGENTINA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13844266530     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/02102.1     Document Type: Article

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