Dynamics of a wave-dominated tidal inlet and influence on adjacent beaches, Currumbin Creek, Gold Coast, Australia

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-90

  Castelle, Bruno ^a   Bourget, Julien ^b   Molnar, Nathalie ^a   Strauss, Darrell ^a   Deschamps, Sophie ^a   Tomlinson, Rodger ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Adjacent beach erosion; Dredging activity; Longshore drift; Modelling; Mouth infilling; Tidal inlet

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BEACHES; DREDGING; EROSION; FLOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER WAVES;

BEACH EROSION; LONGSHORE DRIFT; MOUTH INFILLING; TIDAL INLET;

COASTAL ZONES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; DREDGING; EROSION; FLOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER WAVES;

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; DREDGING; INFILL; LONGSHORE CURRENT; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIDAL INLET;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GOLD COAST; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 33751339239     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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