Control of wind-wave power on morphological shape of salt marsh margins

Water Science and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 45-56

  Finotello, Alvise ^a,b   Marani, Marco ^a   Carniello, Luca ^a   Pivato, Mattia ^a   Roner, Marcella ^a   Tommasini, Laura ^a   D'alpaos, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lateral erosion; Morphodynamics; Salt marshes; Vegetation; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIDAL POWER; TIDES; VEGETATION; WAVE POWER; WIND POWER;

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MORPHODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; MORPHOLOGICAL PROCESS; SALT MARSHES; WIND WAVE;

WETLANDS;

EID: 85083004340     PISSN: 16742370     EISSN: 24058106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wse.2020.03.006     Document Type: Article

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