Morphological characteristics of the Basque continental shelf (Bay of Biscay, northern Spain); their implications for Integrated Coastal Zone Management

Geomorphology

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 314-329

  Galparsoro, Ibon ^a   Borja, Ángel ^a   Legorburu, Irati ^a   Hernández, Carlos ^a   Chust, Guillem ^a   Liria, Pedro ^a   Uriarte, Adolfo ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basque shelf; Bathymetric LiDAR; Geomorphology; Integrated Coastal Zone Management; Multibeam echosounder; Seafloor cartography; Seascape

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MULTIBEAM SONAR; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAFLOOR; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUBSTRATE; TECTONIC SETTING; WAVE ACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASQUE COUNTRY; BAY OF BISCAY; BILBAO ESTUARY; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

EID: 77952884230     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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