Tidal network ontogeny: Channel initiation and early development

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  D'Alpaos, Andrea ^a   Lanzoni, Stefano ^a   Marani, Marco ^a   Fagherazzi, Sergio ^b   Rinaldo, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LANDFORM; ECOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRESS; TIDAL CHANNEL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 32744471062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JF000182     Document Type: Article

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