Flow velocities, sediment transport and morphological change in the swash zone of two contrasting beaches

Marine Geology

Volumn 227, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 227-240

  Masselink, Gerhard ^a   Russell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beaches; Flow velocity; Morphology change; Sediment transport; Swash zone

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; MORPHOLOGY CHANGE; SWASH ZONE;

BEACHES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BEACH; FLOW VELOCITY; MORPHODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 33644749058     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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