Consequences of estuarine sand dredging and dumping on the Urdaibai Reserve of the Biosphere (Bay of Biscay): The case of the "Mundaka left wave"

Journal of Iberian Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-234

  Monge Ganuzas, M ^a   Cearreta, A ^a   Iriarte, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lower Oka estuary; Morpho dynamical study; Ridge and runnel; Sand transport; Surf activities; Tidal currents; Wave action

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DREDGING; EROSION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEANDER; NATURE RESERVE; SANDBAR; SHALLOW WATER; WAVE ACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASQUE COUNTRY; BAY OF BISCAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; MUNDAKA; OKA ESTUARY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

EID: 52949152835     PISSN: 16986180     EISSN: 18867995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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