The role of bore collapse and local shear stresses on the spatial distribution of sediment load in the uprush of an intermediate-state beach

Marine Geology

Volumn 203, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 109-118

  Jackson, Nancy L ^a   Masselink, Gerhard ^b   Nordstrom, Karl F ^c  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Bore collapse; Sediment transport; Sediment trap; Settling velocity; Swash

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR STRESS; WATER WAVES;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

BEACH; DEPOSITION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; WAVE ACTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PORT BEACH; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0842285625     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00328-1     Document Type: Article

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