Field observations of sand-mixing depths on steep beaches

Marine Geology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 147-156

  Ciavola, Paolo ^a   Taborda, Rui ^b   Ferreira, Óscar ^c   Dias, João Alveirinho ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Algarve; Florescent tracers; Mesotidal beaches; Plunging breakers; Portugal; Shallow cores

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030720962     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00054-6     Document Type: Article

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