An holistic approach to beach erosion vulnerability assessment

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Alexandrakis, George ^a   Poulos, Serafim E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 84906223396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06078     Document Type: Article

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