Morphological equilibrium of short channels dissecting the tidal flats of coastal lagoons

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Toffolon, Marco ^a   Lanzoni, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL LAGOON; DEPOSITION; EROSION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; POWER LAW; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL FLAT;

ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 78650568530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JF001673     Document Type: Article

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