River delta shoreline reworking and erosion in the Mediterranean and Black Seas: The potential roles of fluvial sediment starvation and other factors

Elementa

Volumn 5, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Besset, Manon ^a   Anthony, Edward J ^a   Sabatier, François ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Delta erosion; Delta subsidence; Delta vulnerability; Mediterranean Sea; River dams; River deltas

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; CATCHMENT; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DELTA; FLOOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; REWORKING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SHORELINE CHANGE; VULNERABILITY;

ADANA [TURKEY]; BLACK SEA; CEYHAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 85048834682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23251026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/elementa.139     Document Type: Article

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