Tidal impact on modern sedimentary facies in the Gironde Estuary, Southwestern France

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISS. 41, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Kapsimalis, V ^a   Masse L ^b   Tastet, J P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Facies; Geomorphology; Macrotidal estuary; Sedimentation; Subenvironments

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549125221     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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