Wave-formed mud bars: Their morphodynamics and role in opportunistic mangrove colonization

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 64, 2011, Pages 384-387

  Gardel, A ^a   Gensac, E ^a   Anthony, E J ^b   Lesourd, S ^a   Loisel, H ^a   Marin, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Amazon mud banks; Fluid mud; French Guiana; Mud cracks; Wave dissipation

Indexed keywords

BAR; BEDFORM; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COLONIZATION; CRACKING; DATA SET; DISSIPATION; EROSIVITY; LANDSAT; MANGROVE; MORPHODYNAMICS; NOAA SATELLITE; REWORKING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPOT; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AMAZON RIVER; ORINOCO RIVER;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84857417999     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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