Morphodynamic impact of sea breeze activity on a beach with beach cusp morphology

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 393-406

  Masselink, Gerhard ^a   Pattiaratchi, Charitha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beach cusp coastal processes; Beach morphology; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

BEACH CUSP MORPHOLOGY; NEARSHORE HYDRODYNAMICS; SEA BREEZE;

EID: 0031956275     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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