Modeling volume transfer between beach-foredune and the backshore by the 1755 Lisbon Tsunami at Boca Do Rio Lowland, Algarve (Portugal)

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 56, 2009, Pages 1547-1551

  Oliveira, M A ^a   Andrade, C ^a   Freitas, M C ^a   Costa, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Sediment source; Texture; Tsunami sediment; Tsunami transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956906787     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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