The role of sedimentation and natural compaction in a prograding delta: insights from the mega Mekong delta, Vietnam

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Zoccarato, Claudia ^a   Minderhoud, Philip S J ^b,c   Teatini, Pietro ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

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EID: 85050793880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29734-7     Document Type: Article

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