Pluri-decadal impact of mining activities on coastline mobility of estuaries of New Caledonia (South Pacific)

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 65, 2013, Pages 494-499

  Garcin, Manuel ^a   Baills, Audrey ^a   Le Cozannet, Gonéri ^a   Bulteau, Thomas ^a   Auboin, Anne Laure ^b   Sauter, Jacqueline ^c  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal change; Erosion; Mine; New Caledonia; Pacific; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; MINING; NICKEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATERSHED;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84883796766     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/SI65-084     Document Type: Conference Paper

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