Medium timescale stability of tidal mudflats in Bridgwater Bay, Bristol Channel, UK: Influence of tides, waves and climate

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 2615-2629

  Kirby, Jason R ^a   Kirby, Robert ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ravensrodd Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bristol Channel; Deposition; Erosion; Mudflats; North Atlantic Oscillation; Tidal flat elevation

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DEPOSITION; HOLOCENE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MUDFLAT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBIDITY; WIND WAVE;

BRIDGWATER BAY; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOMERSET; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 55349136206     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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