The seasonal closure of tidal inlets: Causes and effects

Coastal Engineering Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 601-627

  Ranasinghe, Roshanka ^a   Pattiaratchi, Charitha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Field measurement; Inlet stability; Numerical modelling; Seasonal inlets; Wilson Inlet

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTUARIES; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORTS AND HARBORS; SEWAGE LAGOONS; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TSUNAMIS;

AUSTRALIA; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; INLET STABILITY; NUMERICAL MODELING; SEASONAL INLETS; WILSON INLET;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 1442339147     PISSN: 21664250     EISSN: 17936292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0578563403000919     Document Type: Article

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