Alongshore variation in beach cusp morphology in a coastal embayment

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 335-347

  Masselink, Gerhard ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beach; Beach cusps; Edge waves; Self organization; Swash zone

Indexed keywords

BEACH CUSP; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PEARL BEACH;

EID: 0032767348     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199904)24:4<335::AID-ESP968>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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