Processes, morphodynamics, and facies of tide-dominated estuaries

Principles of Tidal Sedimentology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 79-107

  Dalrymple, Robert W ^a   Mackay, Duncan A ^a   Ichaso, Aitor A ^a   Choi, Kyungsik S ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0123-6_5     Document Type: Chapter

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