Short-term beach-dune sand budgets on the north sea coast of France: Sand supply from shoreface to dunes, and the role of wind and fetch

Geomorphology

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 316-329

  Anthony, Edward J ^a   Vanhee, Stéphane ^a   Ruz, Marie Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

Aeolian sand transport; Beach dune exchanges; Fetch length; North Sea coast; Shoreface sand banks; Winds

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FETCH; SANDBANK; SANDBAR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND EROSION; WIND PROFILE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORTH SEA COAST [FRANCE]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750469728     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.04.022     Document Type: Article

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