Compartmentalisation of beachface sediments along the southwestern coast of Australia

Marine Geology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 145-164

  Sanderson, Peta G ^a   Eliot, Ian ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beaches; Geomorphology; Littoral cells; Sediments; Shorelines

Indexed keywords

BEACH; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT BUDGET; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033501721     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00046-8     Document Type: Article

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