Morphological characteristics and volumetric variability of the beaches between Ceuta and Cabo Negro (Morocco);Características morfológicas y variabilidad volumétrica de las playas del litoral entre Ceuta y Cabo Negro (Marruecos)

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 579-588

  Anfuso, Giorgio ^a   Bello, E ^a   Benavente, J ^a   Nachite, D ^b   Macias, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Beach volume; Littoral erosion; Morocco

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; MORPHODYNAMICS;

AFRICA; CEUTA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33750493935     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v32i3.1121     Document Type: Article

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