Significant contribution of the 18.6 year tidal cycle to regional coastal changes

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 169-172

  Gratiot, N ^a,e   Anthony, E J ^b   Gardel, A ^b   Gaucherel, C ^c   Proisy, C ^c   Wells, J T ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^c UMR AMAP   (France)

^d VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^e LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

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EID: 55949089144     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo127     Document Type: Article

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