Reversed responses within a segmented detached breakwater, the Tuscany coast Italy-a case study

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 263-274

  Bowman, Dan ^a   Pranzini, Enzo ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Detached breakwater; Log spiral bay; Morphological response; Salient; Tombolo

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BREAKWATERS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; SEDIMENTS;

BREAKWATER SYSTEMS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BEACH PROFILE; BREAKWATER; LONGSHORE CURRENT; MAPPING; MORPHOLOGY; SHORELINE;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BREAKWATER; LONGSHORE CURRENT; MAPPING; SHORELINE CHANGE;

GOMBO; ITALY; TUSCANY;

VILLA;

EID: 0141942162     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3839(03)00063-2     Document Type: Article

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