Rapid onshore sand flux in a high energy littoral cell: Piha Beach, New Zealand

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1360-1369

  King, Darren N T ^a   Nichol, Scott L ^b   Hume, Terry M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Coastal progradation; Ground penetrating radar; Large scale coastal behavior; Littoral cell

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PROGRADATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSGRESSION;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 33845714954     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/03-0143.1     Document Type: Article

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