Large transverse bedforms in a mesotidal estuary

Revista de la Asociacion Argentina de Sedimentologia

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-172

  Cuadrado, Diana G ^a   Gómez, Eduardo A ^a   Ginsberg, S Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bahia Blanca Estuary; Bottom sediments; Side scan sonar; Subaqueous dunes; Tidal currents

Indexed keywords

EID: 9944235801     PISSN: 18536360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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