The effects of dredging operations on the hydrodynamics of an ebb tidal delta: Oka Estuary, northern Spain

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1983-1994

  Liria, P ^a   Garel, E ^b   Uriarte, A ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal morphology; Ebb delta; Estuary; Hydrodynamics; Inlet; Sandbar; Sediment; Surfing; Tidal delta; Waves

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BEACH EROSION; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BEACH NOURISHMENT; BIOSPHERE; COASTAL LANDFORM; DREDGING; HYDRODYNAMICS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SANDBAR; SEA STATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURF ZONE; TIDAL CURRENT; WAVE ENERGY;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; OKA ESTUARY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

EID: 70349102138     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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