Sand grain roundness and transport in the swash zone

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1017-1023

  Trenhaile, A S ^a   Van Der Nol, L V ^a   LaValle, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

beaches; Sand grain shape; sorting

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; SAND PARTICLES; TRANSPORT;

BEACH; BEACH PROCESSES; GRAIN ROUNDNESS; GRAIN SHAPE; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SWASH ZONE;

EID: 0030303470     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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