Impact of flood defences and sea-level rise on the European Shelf tidal regime

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 96-105

  Pelling, Holly E ^a   Mattias Green, J A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Shelf; Flood defence; Sea level rise; Tidal modelling

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL MODELING; TIDAL POWER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84905218188     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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