Sediment suspension and turbulence in the swash zone of dissipative beaches

Marine Geology

Volumn 228, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 117-135

  Aagaard, Troels ^a   Hughes, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

advection; bed shear stress; sediment suspension; sediment transport; swash zone; turbulence

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BED SHEAR STRESS; SEDIMENT SUSPENSION; SWASH ZONE;

CALIBRATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE;

BEACHES;

ADVECTION; BEACH; ENERGETICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; WAVE RUNUP;

EID: 33645967460     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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