Morphological characteristics and medium-term evolution of the beaches between Ceuta and Cabo Negro (Morocco)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 933-946

  Anfuso, G ^a   Martinez Del Pozo J A ^a   Nachite, D ^b   Benavente, J ^a   Macias, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Beach volume; GIS; Littoral cell; Morocco; Port

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONDITION MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENTS; TOPOGRAPHY;

BEACH VOLUME; LITTORAL CELL; MOROCCO;

BEACHES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; GIS; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MONITORING; PORT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

AFRICA; CEUTA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; TANGER-TETOUAN;

EID: 34247340608     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0535-3     Document Type: Article

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