An examination of empirical stability relationships for UK estuaries

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1042-1053

  Townend, Ian ^a  

^a ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Regime relationships; Tidal inlet; Tidal prism

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; TIDAL INLET;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 25444527231     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/03-0066R.1     Document Type: Article

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