Concepts in gravel beach dynamics

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 33-52

  Buscombe, Daniel ^a   Masselink, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal geomorphology; Gravel beaches; Nearshore sediment transport; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; GRAVEL; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 33750993781     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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