Do longshore bars shelter the shore?

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 404, Issue , 2000, Pages 251-268

  Yu, Jie ^a   Mei, Chiang C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROTECTION; FLUID MECHANICS; SAND BAR;

COASTAL PROTECTION; FLUID MECHANICS; SANDBAR;

EID: 0033927639     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112099007168     Document Type: Article

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