Sedimentary characterization of Tagus Estuarine Beaches (Portugal). A contribution to the sediment budget assessment

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 296-302

  Freire, Paula ^a   Taborda, Rui ^b   Silva, Ana M ^b  

^a NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Estuarine beaches; Portugal; Sediment budget; Sediment linkages between the river catchment and the sea; Sediment sources; Sedimentary analysis; Tagus estuary

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TEXTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS ESTUARY;

EID: 35649017199     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/jss2007.08.243     Document Type: Article

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