Observations of tidal and storm surge attenuation in a large tidal marsh

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1371-1381

  Stark, J ^a   Van Oyen, T ^b,c   Meire, P ^a   Temmerman, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b FLANDERS HYDRAULICS RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL WETLAND; FLOOD WAVE; OCEAN TIDE; SALTMARSH; STORM SURGE; TIDAL CHANNEL; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 84946409776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.10104     Document Type: Article

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