Sea surges in Camargue: Trends over the 20th century

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 922-934

  Ullmann, A ^a,b   Pirazzoli, P A ^c   Tomasin, A ^d,e  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c CNRS Laboratoire de Géogrphie Physique   (France)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Camargue; Flooding risk; Rhone delta; Sea level; Surge; Tide; Wind

Indexed keywords

DIGITIZATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FLOODING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TIDE GAUGE;

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE; CAMARGUE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; RHONE DELTA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947528879     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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