Landscape-scale flow patterns over a vegetated tidal marsh and an unvegetated tidal flat: Implications for the landform properties of the intertidal floodplain

Geomorphology

Volumn 231, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-52

  Vandenbruwaene, W ^a,b   Schwarz, C ^a   Bouma, T J ^c   Meire, P ^a   Temmerman, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b FLANDERS HYDRAULICS RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flow patterns and landforms; Intertidal landscape; Tidal channels and intertidal platform; Tidal marsh and tidal flat; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; FLOODING; FLOW PATTERN; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARSH; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL FLAT; VEGETATION;

EID: 84921056925     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.11.020     Document Type: Article

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