Evaluation of longshore transport equations with OBS sensors, streamer traps, and fluorescent tracer

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 915-931

  Tonk, Aafke ^a   Masselink, Gerhard ^a,b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorescent tracer; Littoral drift; Longshore transport; Sea breeze; Streamer trap; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

BEACH; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; SEA BREEZE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 25444436255     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0209.1     Document Type: Article

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