Environmental impacts of tidal power schemes

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Maritime Engineering

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 165-177

  Wolf, Judith ^a   Walkington, Ian A ^a   Holt, Jason ^a   Burrows, Richard ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal engineering; Environment; Mathematical modelling

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; DAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIDAL POWER;

BRISTOL CHANNEL; EBB-AND-FLOOD; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; NORTHERN IRELAND; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL HYDRODYNAMICS; ZERO-DIMENSIONAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AMPLITUDE; BARRAGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MUDFLAT; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIDAL POWER; TURBINE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956403069     PISSN: 17417597     EISSN: 17517737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/maen.2009.162.4.165     Document Type: Article

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