Coastal changes at the Sulina mouth of the Danube River as a result of human activities

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 10-12, 2007, Pages 555-563

  Stanica, Adrian ^a   Dan, Sebastian ^a   Ungureanu, Viorel Gheorghe ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEO ECOLOGY GEOECOMAR   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Danube Delta; Human impact; Littoral; Sediment transport modeling

Indexed keywords

EROSION; JETTIES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEWAGE LAGOONS;

BLACK SEA; DANUBE DELTA; HUMAN IMPACT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODELING;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

ACCUMULATION; BAY; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL SEDIMENT; ENGINEERING; EROSION RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; ENGINEERING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAGOON; RIVER; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT;

BLACK SEA; DANUBE DELTA; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 36549011251     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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