Swash-zone morphodynamics

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 661-680

  Masselink, Gerhard ^a   Puleo, Jack A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaches; Bores; Morphodynamics; Sediment transport; Swash zone; Wave runup

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBULENCE; WAVE RUNUP;

EID: 33646069990     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.01.015     Document Type: Review

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