A dynamical attractor governs beach response to storms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Plant, Nathaniel G ^a   Holland, K Todd ^a   Holman, Rob A ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOPHYSICS; STORMS;

CHANGING WAVE CONDITIONS; SANDBARS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TIME-VARYING EQUILIBRIUM;

SAND;

BEACH; DATA SET; DIFFERENTIATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EQUATION; SANDBAR; SIMULATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STORM; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 33845615830     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027105     Document Type: Article

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