Wave reworking of abandoned deltas

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 5899-5903

  Nienhuis, Jaap H ^a,b   Ashton, Andrew D ^a   Roos, Pieter C ^b   Hulscher, Suzanne J M H ^b   Giosan, Liviu ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

river delta; shoreline model; wave reworking

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC MODES; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; GEOLOGIC PROCESS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; RIVER DELTAS; SHORELINE EVOLUTIONS; SHORELINE MODELING; WAVE CHARACTERISTICS;

COASTAL ZONES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

RIVERS;

ABANDONED LAND; AVULSION; DELTA; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; REWORKING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE CHANGE;

EBRO RIVER; NILE RIVER; RHONE RIVER; SPAIN;

EID: 84887688382     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058231     Document Type: Article

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