Assessment of tidal inlet evolution and stability using sediment budget computations and hydraulic parameter analysis

Marine Geology

Volumn 247, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 104-127

  Pacheco, A ^a   Vila Concejo, A ^b   Ferreira, O ^c   Dias, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

cross section area; equilibrium; sediment budget; tidal inlet; tidal prism; volume computation

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; TIDAL INLET; VOLUME COMPUTATION;

COMPUTATION THEORY; INTAKE SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

TIDAL POWER;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COAST; CROSS SECTION; EQUILIBRIUM; EVOLUTION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURVEY; TIDAL INLET;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FARO [PORTUGAL]; FARO-OLHAO INLET; PORTUGAL; RIA FORMOSA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 37249013810     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.07.003     Document Type: Review

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