Morphodynamics of intertidal bar morphology on a macrotidal beach under low-energy wave conditions, North Lincolnshire, England

Marine Geology

Volumn 190, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 591-608

  Kroon, Aart ^a   Masselink, Gerhard ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beach; Bores; Intertidal bars; Macrotidal; Ridge; Runnel; Swash

Indexed keywords

MACROTIDAL BEACHES; SPRING TIDES; TIDAL CYCLE;

BOREHOLES; EROSION; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TIDES; WATER WAVES;

BEACHES;

BAR; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURF ZONE; TIDAL CYCLE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037110595     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00475-9     Document Type: Article

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