Deltas

Coastal Environments and Global Change

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 299-337

  Anthony, Edward J ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Deltas; Environmental hotspots; Morphology; River mouths; Seal levels; Sediments; Shoreline

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS;

DELTAS; DOMINANT PROCESS; HOTSPOTS; HUMAN PRESSURES; RIVER MOUTHS; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SHORELINE; TRANS-DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES;

RIVERS;

EID: 84910050821     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119117261.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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