Shoreline autoretreat substantiated in flume experiments

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 246-254

  Muto, Tetsuji ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; MODULATION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; TRAJECTORIES;

EXPERIMENTAL SERIES; GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; SYSTEMATIC CHANGES; TWO DIMENSIONAL FLUME;

DELTA WING AIRCRAFT;

MODELING; REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SHORELINE; TRANSGRESSION; FLUME EXPERIMENT; SHORELINE CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

EID: 0035194487     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/091400710246     Document Type: Article

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