Fluorescent sands for measurements of longshore transport rates: A case study from Praia de Faro in southern Portugal

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-57

  Ciavola, P ^a   Dias, N ^b   Ferreira, O ^b   Taborda, R ^c   Dias, J M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH SEDIMENT; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 0031828570     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003670050051     Document Type: Article

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