Shoreline accretion and sand transport at groynes inside the Port of Richards Bay

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1045-1058

  Schoonees, J S ^a   Theron, A K ^b   Bevis, D ^c  

^a Entech Consultants   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c National Ports Authority of SA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Accretion; Groynes; Longshore sand transport; Richards Bay; Shoreline evolution

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORE PROTECTION; TIDES; WATER WAVES;

GROYNES; LONGSHORE SAND TRANSPORT; SAND TRANSPORT; SHORELINE ACCRETION; SHORELINE EVOLUTION;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

BEACHES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORE PROTECTION; TIDES; WATER WAVES;

ACCRETION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; GROIN; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; SHORELINE;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; RICHARDS BAY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33750946729     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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