Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology applied to the definition of underwater and subaerial coarse sediment movement

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 228, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 140-150

  Bertoni, Duccio ^a   Sarti, Giovanni ^a   Benelli, Giuliano ^b   Pozzebon, Alessandro ^b   Raguseo, Gianluca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coarse beach; Low frequency transmission; RFID technology; Sediment transport; Underwater pebble tracking

Indexed keywords

BEACH; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PEBBLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TECHNOLOGY; TRACKING; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

ITALY;

EID: 77954213977     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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