Structural effects of tidal exposures on mudflats along the French Guiana coast

Marine Geology

Volumn 228, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 25-37

  Fiot, Jérôme ^a   Gratiot, Nicolas ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Ecologie Littorale   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

Amazon; coastal dynamics; desiccation; French Guiana; mangrove; mudflat

Indexed keywords

AMAZON; COASTAL DYNAMICS; DESSICATION; DYNAMIC COASTLINE; FRENCH GUIANA; INTERTIDAL MUDFLATS; MANGROVE; MUDFLAT;

COASTAL ZONES; DEWATERING; DRYING; SEDIMENTS; SURVEYS;

TIDAL POWER;

DESICCATION; DEWATERING; EROSION; FLUID; MUDFLAT;

AMAZON RIVER; FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVICENNIA GERMINANS;

EID: 33646472255     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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