On the flux of water and sediment into the Northern Adriatic Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 296-308

  Syvitski, J P M ^a   Kettner, Albert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Apennine rivers; Human impact; HydroTrend; Hyperpycnal flows; Po river; Reservoirs; Shoreline progradation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PROGRADATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; APENNINES; CHIENTI RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MACERATA; MARCHE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METAURO RIVER; MUSONE RIVER; PESARO E URBINO; PESCARA RIVER; PO RIVER; POTENZA RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRONTO RIVER;

EID: 33846818586     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2005.08.029     Document Type: Article

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