Beach cusps: A comparison of data and theories for their formation

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 741-749

  Coco, Giovanni ^a   O'Hare, Tim J ^a   Huntley, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beach cusps; Edge waves; Self organisation; Swash length

Indexed keywords

BEACH CUSP; EDGE WAVE; FORMATION MECHANISM; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 0032773672     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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