Morphology and composition of beach-cast Posidonia oceanica litter on beaches with different exposures

Geomorphology

Volumn 151-152, Issue , 2012, Pages 224-233

  Simeone, Simone ^a   De Falco, Giovanni ^b  

^a Fondazione IMC   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Banquette; Beaches; Leaf litter; Mediterranean Sea; Posidonia oceanica; Wave exposure

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; LEAF LITTER; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEAGRASS; WAVE RUNUP;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 84858343139     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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