Beach imaging through the time evolution of topographical profiles

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1141-1149

  Bittencourt, Abílio C S P ^a   Sampaio, Edson E S ^a   Farias, Felix F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beach cycles; Beach profiles; Return and phase plots; Spectral diagrams

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BEACH PROFILE; BEACH PROFILES; CHAOS THEORY; COASTAL MORPHODYNAMICS; EL NINO; EVOLUTION; LUNAR CYCLE; MOON PHASES; TOPOGRAPHY;

BRAZIL, BAHIA STATE, SALVADOR;

EID: 0030882651     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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