Flood-tide delta morphodynamics and management implications, Port Stephens, Australia

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 50, 2007, Pages 705-709

  Vila Concejo, A ^a   Short, A D ^a   Hughes, M G ^a   Ranasinghe, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NSW Department of Natural Resources   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; Coastal management; Estuarine beaches; Flood tide shoal; Sandwave dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956849360     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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