Field study of wave attenuation on an offshore coral reef

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C6, 1996, Pages 14311-14326

  Hardy, Thomas A ^a   Young, Ian R ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Canberra   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

REEFS-CORAL; WAVE BREAKING;

CORAL REEFS; ENERGY TRANSFORMATION; OFFSHORE REEF FLAT; WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 0029811492     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC00202     Document Type: Article

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