A trend-surface technique for discrimination of surf-zone morphology: Rip current channels

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 905-918

  Brander, Robert W ^a   Cowell, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Morphometry; Nearshore morphology; Rip currents; Trend surface analysis

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GEOMORPHOLOGY;

SURF-ZONE MORPHOLOGY;

MORPHOLOGY;

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; RIP CURRENT; SURF ZONE; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141706971     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.489     Document Type: Article

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