The seasonal closure of tidal inlets: Wilson Inlet-a case study

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-56

  Ranasinghe, Roshanka ^a   Pattiaratchi, Charitha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross shore transport; Longshore transport; Numerical models; Sediment transport; Tidal inlets; Wilson Inlet

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM FLOW; TIDES;

CROSS-SHORE TRANSPORT PROCESS; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT PROCESS; TIDAL INLETS;

RESERVOIR INLETS;

COASTAL INLET; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL FLOW;

CLOSURE; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL INLET;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032870099     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3839(99)00007-1     Document Type: Article

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