Biologically-controlled multiple equilibria of tidal landforms and the fate of the Venice lagoon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Marani, Marco ^a   D'Alpaos, Andrea ^a   Lanzoni, Stefano ^a   Carniello, Luca ^a   Rinaldo, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA STRUCTURES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEA LEVEL; TIDES;

MARINE TRANSGRESSIONS; TIDAL LANDFORMS; TIDAL LANDSCAPE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL LANDFORM; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION; VEGETATION TYPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 34547963559     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030178     Document Type: Article

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