Shoreline changes and beach-sand sorting along the northern Sinai coast of Egypt

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 140-146

  Frihy, O E ^a   Lotfy, M F ^a  

^a Coastal Research Institute ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BEACH PROCESSES; BEACH-SAND SORTING; EROSION; HEAVY MINERAL; LONGSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE CHANGE; SHORELINE POSITION;

EGYPT, SINAI;

EID: 0031465897     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003670050019     Document Type: Article

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