Morphological evolution of the Guadiana estuary and intertidal zone in response to projected sea-level rise and sediment supply scenarios

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-170

  Sampath, Dissanayake M R ^a   Boski, Tomasz ^a   Silva, Patricia L ^a   Martins, Flavio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Behaviour oriented modelling; Estuarine systems; Human pressures; Morphological evolution; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

GUADIANA ESTUARY;

EID: 79951983797     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1434     Document Type: Article

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