Morphodynamics of the Wadden Sea and its barrier island system

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 68, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-57

  Wang, Z B ^a   Hoekstra, P ^b   Burchard, H ^c   Ridderinkhof, H ^d   De Swart, H E ^b   Stive, M J F ^e  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende   (Germany)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; DYNAMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; HUMAN INTERFERENCE; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; MODELLING TOOLS; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; STATE OF THE ART; SYSTEM KNOWLEDGE; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL FLAT; WADDEN SEA;

REGIONAL PLANNING; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EROSION;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BARRIER ISLAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 84872601507     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2011.12.022     Document Type: Article

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