Water and sediment movement around a coastal headland: Portland Bill, southern UK

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-321

  Bastos, Alex ^a   Collins, Michael ^a   Kenyon, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal headlands; Portland Bill; Sand transport; Sandbanks; Shambles bank; Tidal eddies

Indexed keywords

COASTAL HEADLANDS; PORTLAND BILL; SAND TRANSPORT; SANDBANKS; SHAMBLES BANK; TIDAL EDDIES;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER);

EID: 14744293496     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-003-0031-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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