Sedimentary characterization of bed types along the Guadiana estuary (SW Europe) before the construction of the Alqueva dam

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 117-131

  Morales, J A ^a   Delgado, I ^a   Gutierrez Mas, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

estuarine deposition; Guadiana; Holocene; progradation; sediment dynamics; SW Spain; tidal bars

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHON; BAR; BEDFORM; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; PROGRADATION; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIANA ESTUARY; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749144953     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.05.049     Document Type: Article

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