Maintenance of large deltas through channelization: Nature vs. humans in the Danube delta

Anthropocene

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-45

  Giosan, Liviu ^a   Constantinescu, Stefan ^b   Filip, Florin ^c   Deng, Bing ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c FAD Smart Technology SRL   (Romania)

^d EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Dams; Keywords; Restoration; Rivers; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHANNELIZATION; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DELTA; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; DISCHARGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUSPENDED LOAD; TRIBUTARY;

BLACK SEA; DANUBE DELTA;

EID: 84886584744     PISSN: 22133054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ancene.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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