Alluvial transport processes and the impact of Anthropogenic intervention on the Romanian littoral of the Danube Delta

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-43

  Romanescu, Gheorghe ^a  

^a ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL BARRIER; COASTAL PROCESS; HYDROTECHNICAL; LITTORAL CURRENTS; MARITIME FORCES; MARITIME SECTOR; ROMANIANS; SANDY DEPOSITS; SUMMER SEASON; TOTAL LENGTH; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WINTER MONTHS;

BUDGET CONTROL; DEPOSITS; EROSION; LAKES;

RIVERS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DAM; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

DANUBE DELTA;

CHILIA;

EID: 84873181760     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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