Long-term morphological change and its causes in the Mersey Estuary, NW England

Geomorphology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 185-206

  Blott, Simon J ^a   Pye, Kenneth ^a   van der Wal, Daphne ^b   Neal, Adrian ^c  

^a Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c The Gardens   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Estuaries; Expert Geomorphological Assessment; Historical Trend Analysis; Mersey; Morphology; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIVERPOOL BAY; MERSEY ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749992605     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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