Spontaneous tidal network formation within a constructed salt marsh: Observations and morphodynamic modelling

Geomorphology

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 186-197

  D'Alpaos, Andrea ^a   Lanzoni, Stefano ^a   Marani, Marco ^a   Bonometto, Andrea ^a   Cecconi, Giovanni ^b   Rinaldo, Andrea ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Ingegneria Idraulica   (Italy)

^b Consorzio Venezia Nuova ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecological modelling; Morphology; Salt marsh; Tidal channel; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHODYNAMICS; SALTMARSH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL CHANNEL; VEGETATION;

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

EID: 34548507217     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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