Status of measurement techniques for coastal sediment transport

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 17-45

  White, Thomas E ^a  

^a Baird and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal sediment; Instrumentation; Measurement method; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; OPTICAL DEVICES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

SUSPENSION TRAPS;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032194754     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3839(98)00033-7     Document Type: Article

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