Beach cusp morphology on sand and mixed sand and gravel beaches, South Island, New Zealand

Marine Geology

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 185-198

  Nolan, T J ^a   Kirk, R M ^a   Shulmeister, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beach cusp; Mixed sand and gravel beach; Morphimetry; Morphology

Indexed keywords

BEACH CUSP; MORPHOLOGY; SAND AND GRAVEL;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032935327     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00150-9     Document Type: Article

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