Developing macroscale indicators for estuarine morphology: The case of the Scheldt estuary

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 195-212

  Toffolon, Marco ^a,c   Crosato, Alessandra ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; Morphodynamics; Tidal

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; EQUILIBRIUM; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHODYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE;

EID: 33847023985     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/03-0133.1     Document Type: Article

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