Historic land reclamation in the intertidal wetlands of the Shannon estuary, western Ireland

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 36, Issue , 2002, Pages 365-373

  Healy, Michael G ^a   Hickey, Kieran R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

cartography; drainage; embankments; estuaries; historical evidence; land claim; reclamation; wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042137561     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/1551-5036-36.sp1.365     Document Type: Conference Paper

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