Multi time-scale evolution of a wide estuary linear sandbank, the Longe de Boyard, on the French Atlantic coast

Marine Geology

Volumn 251, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 209-223

  Chaumillon, Eric ^a   Bertin, Xavier ^b   Falchetto, Hélène ^a   Allard, Jonathan ^a   Weber, Nicolas ^c   Walker, Patrice ^d   Pouvreau, Nicolas ^a   Woppelmann, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^c EPSHOM   (France)

^d CREOCEAN   (France)

Author keywords

estuaries; historical bathymetries; numerical model; sandbank; side scan sonar; very high resolution seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BATHYMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SAND; STRATIGRAPHY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

HISTORICAL BATHYMETRIES; SANDBANK; SIDE SCAN SONAR; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

ESTUARIES;

BATHYMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SANDBANK; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; TIDAL CHANNEL; WAVE;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [FRANCE]; CHARENTE MARITIME; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LONGE DE BOYARD; POITOU-CHARENTES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 43149105369     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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