Dynamic morphology of small south-eastern Mediterranean river mouths: A conceptual model

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 547-562

  Lichter, Michal ^a,b   Klein, Micha ^a   Zviely, Dov ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Coastal geomorphology; GIS; Israel; Topography

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GIS; INFLUENCING FACTOR; ISRAEL; MORPHOLOGICAL PATTERNS; QUANTITATIVE DATA; RANGE MIGRATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPACE AND TIME; TEMPORAL SCALE; WAVE MEASUREMENT;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; RIVERS;

TOPOGRAPHY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; MAPPING; TOPOGRAPHY;

ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [ISRAEL];

EID: 79952502642     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2077     Document Type: Article

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