Pocket beach response to high magnitude-low frequency floods (Elba Island, Italy)

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 50, 2007, Pages 969-977

  Pranzini, E ^a   Rosas, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal dynamics; Human impact; Megafloods; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956853429     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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