Sedimentary processes on an intertidal mudflat in the upper macrotidal Seine estuary, France

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 710-720

  Deloffre, J ^a   Lafite, R ^a   Lesueur, P ^b   Lesourd, S ^c   Verney, R ^a   Guezennec L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^d Agence de l'Eau Seine Normandie   (France)

Author keywords

Erosion and deposition; Fluvial estuary; Intertidal mudflat morphology; River flows; Sediment transport; Seine estuary; Suspended particulate matter (SPM)

Indexed keywords

MUDFLAT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SEINE ESTUARY; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23744438939     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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