The breaching of sand barriers at perched, temporary open/closed estuaries - A model study

Coastal Engineering Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-30

  Stretch, Derek ^a   Parkinson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Breaching; Coastal lagoons; Estuaries; Sand barriers

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ESTUARIES; SEDIMENTS;

BREACHING; COASTAL LAGOONS; SAND-BARRIERS;

SAND;

EID: 33644756926     PISSN: 21664250     EISSN: 17936292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0578563406001295     Document Type: Article

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