Processes controlling the development of a river mouth spit

Marine Geology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 116-129

  Dan, Sebastian ^a,b   Walstra, Dirk Jan R ^a,c   Stive, Marcel J F ^a   Panin, Nicolae ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEO ECOLOGY GEOECOMAR   (Romania)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Danube Delta; Delft 3D; Overwash; Sahalin; Sediment transport; Spit

Indexed keywords

DANUBE DELTA; DELFT-3D; OVERWASH; SAHALIN; SPIT;

CLIMATE MODELS; COASTAL ZONES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL ZONE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH WORK; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPIT; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE FIELD;

DANUBE DELTA;

EID: 79951672958     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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