Role of intertidal wetlands for tidal and storm tide attenuation along a confined estuary: A model study

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1659-1675

  Smolders, S ^a,c   Plancke, Y ^a,b   Ides, S ^b   Meire, P ^c   Temmerman, S ^c  

^a FLANDERS HYDRAULICS RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b Port of Antwerp   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOODING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; STORM SURGE; WAVE ENERGY; WETLAND;

BELGIUM; NETHERLANDS; WESTERSCHELDE;

EID: 84938532362     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-15-1659-2015     Document Type: Article

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