Observations of sand bar evolution on a natural beach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C2, 1998, Pages 3203-3215

  Gallagher, Edith L ^a   Elgar, Steve ^b   Guza, R T ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH; SAND BAR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032519249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc02765     Document Type: Article

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