Eco-morphological problems in the yangtze estuary and the western scheldt

Wetlands

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1033-1042

  De Vriend, Huib J ^a,b   Wang, Zheng Bing ^a,b   Ysebaert, Tom ^c,d   Herman, Peter M J ^c   Ding, Pingxing ^e  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eco geomorphology; Human activities; Management issues; Research problems

Indexed keywords

DREDGING; ECOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND RECLAMATION; NAVIGATION CHANNEL; SHORELINE;

CHINA; NETHERLANDS; WESTERSCHELDE; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 84863728216     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0239-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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