Physical ecosystem engineers and the functioning of estuaries and coasts
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Sedimentological and Geomorphological Classification of Chabahar Coastal Area (Chabahar-Gawater)
In the present paper various transects perpendicular to Iranian Makran coasts (Chabahar-Gawater) were studied using satellite image processing, field observations, sandy shore profiling and grain size analysis to evaluate sedimentology and geomorphology of the area. Data revealed that the study area includes exposed rocky shores (52%), sandy shores (40%), and mud flats (8%) sheltered in estuari...
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