Short-term changes in the plan shape of a sandy beach in response to sheltering by a nearshore mud bank, Cayenne, French Guiana

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 857-866

  Anthony, Edward J ^a   Gardel, Antoine ^a,b   Dolique, Franck ^a,c   Guiral, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Beach plan shape; Beach rotation; Cell circulation; French Guiana; Mud banks

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COASTAL ZONES; SAND; WATER WAVES;

SAND DRIFT;

BEACHES;

ACCRETION; BEACH PROFILE; EROSION; MUDBANK; SAND;

FRENCH GUIANA;

EID: 0036688032     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.357     Document Type: Article

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