Spatial and temporal variations in wave characteristics across a reef platform, Warraber Island, Torres Strait, Australia

Marine Geology

Volumn 207, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 169-184

  Brander, Robert W ^a   Kench, Paul S ^b   Hart, Deirdre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

coral reefs; hydrodynamics; reef platform; Torres Strait; wave transformation

Indexed keywords

PRESSURE SENSORS; REEF PLATFORMS;

ATTENUATION; SEDIMENTS; TIDES; WATER WAVES;

REEFS;

CORAL REEF; HYDRODYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WAVE ACTION;

TORRES STRAIT;

EID: 3042845402     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.03.014     Document Type: Article

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