Field measurements of longshore sand transport and control processes on a meso-tidal beach in portugal

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1119-1129

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Empirical models; Fluorescent sand tracers; Longshore transport; Longshore wind; Meso tidal beach; Mixing depth; Plunging waves

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BEACH PROCESSES; COASTAL MORPHODYNAMICS; LONGSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; MIXING DEPTH; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL PROCESSES; TRANSPORT RATE;

PORTUGAL, ALGARVE, CULATRA BEACH;

EID: 0030774785     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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