Beach sediments of crete: Texture, composition, roundness, source and transport

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 537-553

  Pyökäri, Mauri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Beach sediments; Composition; Crete; Fetch; Greece; Littoral drift; Predominant and prevailing waves; Provenance; Roundness; Texture

Indexed keywords

BEACH; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

GREECE;

EID: 0344527999     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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