Bar morphodynamic behaviour on the ebb delta of a macrotidal inlet (Normandy, France)

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1370-1378

  Robin, Nicolas ^a   Levoy, Franck ^a   Monfort, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Bar migration; Intertidal bar; Tidal currents; Tidal inlet; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

BAR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FLOODING; GPS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHODYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE ENERGY;

EID: 38349058008     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/06-0684.1     Document Type: Article

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